Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 167 (2:167)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَتَبَرَّأَ مِنْهُمْ كَمَا تَبَرَّءُوا۟ مِنَّا ۗ …

Quran 2:167 is ayah 167 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 25 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:167
وَقَالَٱلَّذِينَٱتَّبَعُوا۟لَوْأَنَّلَنَاكَرَّةًفَنَتَبَرَّأَمِنْهُمْكَمَاتَبَرَّءُوا۟مِنَّا ۗكَذَٰلِكَيُرِيهِمُٱللَّهُأَعْمَٰلَهُمْحَسَرَٰتٍعَلَيْهِمْ ۖوَمَاهُمبِخَٰرِجِينَمِنَٱلنَّارِ١٦٧
waqāla alladhīna ittabaʿū law anna lanā karratan fanatabarra-a min'hum kamā tabarraū minnā kadhālika yurīhimu l-lahu aʿmālahum ḥasarātin ʿalayhim wamā hum bikhārijīna mina l-nāri

Those who followed will say, "If only we had another turn [at worldly life] so we could disassociate ourselves from them as they have disassociated themselves from us." Thus will Allāh show them their deeds as regrets upon them. And they are never to emerge from the Fire.(167)

Word by word

  1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ittabaʿūfollowed
  4. لَوْlaw(Only) if
  5. أَنَّanna[that]
  6. لَنَاlanāfor us
  7. كَرَّةًkarratana return
  8. فَنَتَبَرَّأَfanatabarra-athen we will disown
  9. مِنْهُمْmin'hum[from] them
  10. كَمَاkamāas
  11. تَبَرَّءُوا۟tabarraūthey disown
  12. مِنَّا ۗminnā[from] us
  13. كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaThus
  14. يُرِيهِمُyurīhimuwill show them
  15. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  16. أَعْمَٰلَهُمْaʿmālahumtheir deeds
  17. حَسَرَٰتٍḥasarātin(as) regrets
  18. عَلَيْهِمْ ۖʿalayhimfor them
  19. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  20. هُمhumthey
  21. بِخَٰرِجِينَbikhārijīnawill come out
  22. مِنَminafrom
  23. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire

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