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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 181 (2:181)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

فَمَنۢ بَدَّلَهُۥ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعَهُۥ فَإِنَّمَآ إِثْمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ …

Quran 2:181 is ayah 181 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 27 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:181
فَمَنۢبَدَّلَهُۥبَعْدَ مَاسَمِعَهُۥفَإِنَّمَآإِثْمُهُۥعَلَىٱلَّذِينَيُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ ۚإِنَّٱللَّهَسَمِيعٌعَلِيمٌ١٨١
faman baddalahu baʿdamā samiʿahu fa-innamā ith'muhu ʿalā alladhīna yubaddilūnahu inna al-laha samīʿun ʿalīmun

Then whoever alters it [i.e., the bequest] after he has heard it - the sin is only upon those who have altered it. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.(181)

Word by word

  1. فَمَنۢfamanThen whoever
  2. بَدَّلَهُۥbaddalahuchanges it
  3. بَعْدَ مَاbaʿdamāafter what
  4. سَمِعَهُۥsamiʿahuhe (has) heard [it]
  5. فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāso only
  6. إِثْمُهُۥith'muhuits sin
  7. عَلَىʿalā(would be) on
  8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  9. يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ ۚyubaddilūnahualter it
  10. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  11. ٱللَّهَal-lahaAllah
  12. سَمِيعٌsamīʿun(is) All-Hearing
  13. عَلِيمٌʿalīmunAll-Knowing

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