Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 71 (2:71)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ …

Quran 2:71 is ayah 71 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 11 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:71
قَالَإِنَّهُۥيَقُولُإِنَّهَابَقَرَةٌلَّاذَلُولٌتُثِيرُٱلْأَرْضَوَلَاتَسْقِىٱلْحَرْثَمُسَلَّمَةٌلَّاشِيَةَفِيهَا ۚقَالُوا۟ٱلَْٰٔنَجِئْتَبِٱلْحَقِّ ۚفَذَبَحُوهَاوَمَاكَادُوا۟يَفْعَلُونَ٧١
qāla innahu yaqūlu innahā baqaratun lā dhalūlun tuthīru l-arḍa walā tasqī l-ḥartha musallamatun lā shiyata fīhā qālū l-āna ji'ta bil-ḥaqi fadhabaḥūhā wamā kādū yafʿalūna

He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.'" They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.(71)

Word by word

  1. قَالَqālaHe said
  2. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
  3. يَقُولُyaqūlusays
  4. إِنَّهَاinnahā[Indeed] it
  5. بَقَرَةٌbaqaratun(is) a cow
  6. لَّاlānot
  7. ذَلُولٌdhalūluntrained
  8. تُثِيرُtuthīruto plough
  9. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
  10. وَلَاwalāand not
  11. تَسْقِىtasqīwater
  12. ٱلْحَرْثَl-ḥarthathe field
  13. مُسَلَّمَةٌmusallamatunsound
  14. لَّاlāno
  15. شِيَةَshiyatablemish
  16. فِيهَا ۚfīhāin it
  17. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
  18. ٱلَْٰٔنَl-ānaNow
  19. جِئْتَji'tayou have come
  20. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
  21. فَذَبَحُوهَاfadhabaḥūhāSo they slaughtered it
  22. وَمَاwamāand not
  23. كَادُوا۟kādūthey were near
  24. يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna(to) doing (it)

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