Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 220 (2:220)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۗ وَيَسَْٔلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ ۖ قُلْ إِصْلَاحٌ لَّهُمْ خَيْرٌ ۖ وَإِن …

Quran 2:220 is ayah 220 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 35 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:220
فِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۗوَيَسَْٔلُونَكَعَنِٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ ۖقُلْإِصْلَاحٌلَّهُمْخَيْرٌ ۖوَإِنتُخَالِطُوهُمْفَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ ۚوَٱللَّهُيَعْلَمُٱلْمُفْسِدَمِنَٱلْمُصْلِحِ ۚوَلَوْشَآءَٱللَّهُلَأَعْنَتَكُمْ ۚإِنَّٱللَّهَعَزِيزٌحَكِيمٌ٢٢٠
fī l-dun'yā wal-ākhirati wayasalūnaka ʿani l-yatāmā qul iṣ'lāḥun lahum khayrun wa-in tukhāliṭūhum fa-ikh'wānukum wal-lahu yaʿlamu l-muf'sida mina l-muṣ'liḥi walaw shāa l-lahu la-aʿnatakum inna l-laha ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

To this world and the Hereafter. And they ask you about orphans. Say, "Improvement for them is best. And if you mix your affairs with theirs - they are your brothers. And Allāh knows the corrupter from the amender. And if Allāh had willed, He could have put you in difficulty. Indeed, Allāh is Exalted in Might and Wise."(220)

Word by word

  1. فِىfīConcerning
  2. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yāthe world
  3. وَٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ ۗwal-ākhiratiand the Hereafter
  4. وَيَسَْٔلُونَكَwayasalūnakaThey ask you
  5. عَنِʿaniabout
  6. ٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ ۖl-yatāmāthe orphans
  7. قُلْqulSay
  8. إِصْلَاحٌiṣ'lāḥunSetting right (their affairs)
  9. لَّهُمْlahumfor them
  10. خَيْرٌ ۖkhayrun(is) best
  11. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  12. تُخَالِطُوهُمْtukhāliṭūhumyou associate with them
  13. فَإِخْوَٰنُكُمْ ۚfa-ikh'wānukumthen they (are) your brothers
  14. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  15. يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
  16. ٱلْمُفْسِدَl-muf'sidathe corrupter
  17. مِنَminafrom
  18. ٱلْمُصْلِحِ ۚl-muṣ'liḥithe amender
  19. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  20. شَآءَshāa(had) willed
  21. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  22. لَأَعْنَتَكُمْ ۚla-aʿnatakumsurely He (could have) put you in difficulties
  23. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  24. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  25. عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
  26. حَكِيمٌḥakīmunAll-Wise

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