Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 206 (2:206)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ ٱتَّقِ ٱللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلْعِزَّةُ بِٱلْإِثْمِ ۚ فَحَسْبُهُۥ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ …

Quran 2:206 is ayah 206 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 32 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:206
وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُٱتَّقِٱللَّهَأَخَذَتْهُٱلْعِزَّةُبِٱلْإِثْمِ ۚفَحَسْبُهُۥجَهَنَّمُ ۚوَلَبِئْسَٱلْمِهَادُ٢٠٦
wa-idhā qīla lahu ittaqi l-laha akhadhathu l-ʿizatu bil-ith'mi faḥasbuhu jahannamu walabi'sa l-mihādu

And when it is said to him, "Fear Allāh," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.(206)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. قِيلَqīlait is said
  3. لَهُlahuto him
  4. ٱتَّقِittaqiFear
  5. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  6. أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathutakes him
  7. ٱلْعِزَّةُl-ʿizatu(his) pride
  8. بِٱلْإِثْمِ ۚbil-ith'mito [the] sins
  9. فَحَسْبُهُۥfaḥasbuhuThen enough for him
  10. جَهَنَّمُ ۚjahannamu(is) Hell
  11. وَلَبِئْسَwalabi'sa[and] surely an evil
  12. ٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu[the] resting-place

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