Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 24 (2:24)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ وَلَن تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلنَّارَ ٱلَّتِى وَقُودُهَا ٱلنَّاسُ …

Quran 2:24 is ayah 24 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 4 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:24
فَإِنلَّمْتَفْعَلُوا۟وَلَنتَفْعَلُوا۟فَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱلنَّارَٱلَّتِىوَقُودُهَاٱلنَّاسُوَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ۖأُعِدَّتْلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ٢٤
fa-in lam tafʿalū walan tafʿalū fa-ittaqū l-nāra allatī waqūduhā l-nāsu wal-ḥijāratu uʿiddat lil'kāfirīna

But if you do not - and you will never be able to - then fear the Fire, whose fuel is people and stones, prepared for the disbelievers.(24)

Word by word

  1. فَإِنfa-inBut if
  2. لَّمْlamnot
  3. تَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou do
  4. وَلَنwalanand never
  5. تَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūwill you do
  6. فَٱتَّقُوا۟fa-ittaqūthen fear
  7. ٱلنَّارَl-nārathe Fire
  8. ٱلَّتِىallatīwhose
  9. وَقُودُهَاwaqūduhā[its] fuel
  10. ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu(is) [the] men
  11. وَٱلْحِجَارَةُ ۖwal-ḥijāratuand [the] stones
  12. أُعِدَّتْuʿiddatprepared
  13. لِلْكَٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnafor the disbelievers

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