قQuranulKareem

Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 169 (2:169)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ وَأَن تَقُولُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

Quran 2:169 is ayah 169 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 25 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:169
إِنَّمَايَأْمُرُكُمبِٱلسُّوٓءِوَٱلْفَحْشَآءِوَأَنتَقُولُوا۟عَلَىٱللَّهِمَالَاتَعْلَمُونَ١٦٩
innamā yamurukum bil-sūi wal-faḥshāi wa-an taqūlū ʿalā l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna

He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allāh what you do not know.(169)

Word by word

  1. إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
  2. يَأْمُرُكُمyamurukumhe commands you
  3. بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūito (do) the evil
  4. وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِwal-faḥshāiand the shameful
  5. وَأَنwa-anand that
  6. تَقُولُوا۟taqūlūyou say
  7. عَلَىʿalāabout
  8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  9. مَاmāwhat
  10. لَاlānot
  11. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know

Tafsir (commentary) of 2:169

Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.

English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This commentary explains ayahs 2:168–169 together.

Read the English tafsir of 2:168–169 →

Read the full Surah Al-Baqarah