Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 41 (2:41)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلْتُ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَكُمْ وَلَا تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَوَّلَ كَافِرٍۭ بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَا …

Quran 2:41 is ayah 41 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 7 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:41
وَءَامِنُوا۟بِمَآأَنزَلْتُمُصَدِّقًالِّمَامَعَكُمْوَلَاتَكُونُوٓا۟أَوَّلَكَافِرٍۭبِهِۦ ۖوَلَاتَشْتَرُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِىثَمَنًاقَلِيلًاوَإِيَّٰىَفَٱتَّقُونِ٤١
waāminū bimā anzaltu muṣaddiqan limā maʿakum walā takūnū awwala kāfirin bihi walā tashtarū biāyātī thamanan qalīlan wa-iyyāya fa-ittaqūni

And believe in what I have sent down confirming that which is [already] with you, and be not the first to disbelieve in it. And do not exchange My signs for a small price, and fear [only] Me.(41)

Word by word

  1. وَءَامِنُوا۟waāminūAnd believe
  2. بِمَآbimāin what
  3. أَنزَلْتُanzaltuI have sent down
  4. مُصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
  5. لِّمَاlimāthat which
  6. مَعَكُمْmaʿakum(is) with you
  7. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  8. تَكُونُوٓا۟takūnūbe
  9. أَوَّلَawwala(the) first
  10. كَافِرٍۭkāfirindisbeliever
  11. بِهِۦ ۖbihiof it
  12. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
  13. تَشْتَرُوا۟tashtarūexchange
  14. بَِٔايَٰتِىbiāyātīMy Signs (for)
  15. ثَمَنًاthamanana price
  16. قَلِيلًاqalīlansmall
  17. وَإِيَّٰىَwa-iyyāyaand Me Alone
  18. فَٱتَّقُونِfa-ittaqūnifear [Me]

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