Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 85 (2:85)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًا مِّنكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِهِمْ …

Quran 2:85 is ayah 85 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 13 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:85
ثُمَّأَنتُمْهَٰٓؤُلَآءِتَقْتُلُونَأَنفُسَكُمْوَتُخْرِجُونَفَرِيقًامِّنكُممِّندِيَٰرِهِمْتَظَٰهَرُونَعَلَيْهِمبِٱلْإِثْمِوَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِوَإِنيَأْتُوكُمْأُسَٰرَىٰتُفَٰدُوهُمْوَهُوَمُحَرَّمٌعَلَيْكُمْإِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚأَفَتُؤْمِنُونَبِبَعْضِٱلْكِتَٰبِوَتَكْفُرُونَبِبَعْضٍ ۚفَمَاجَزَآءُمَنيَفْعَلُذَٰلِكَمِنكُمْإِلَّاخِزْىٌفِىٱلْحَيَوٰةِٱلدُّنْيَا ۖوَيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِيُرَدُّونَإِلَىٰٓأَشَدِّٱلْعَذَابِ ۗوَمَاٱللَّهُبِغَٰفِلٍعَمَّاتَعْمَلُونَ٨٥
thumma antum hāulāi taqtulūna anfusakum watukh'rijūna farīqan minkum min diyārihim taẓāharūna ʿalayhim bil-ith'mi wal-ʿud'wāni wa-in yatūkum usārā tufādūhum wahuwa muḥarramun ʿalaykum ikh'rājuhum afatu'minūna bibaʿḍi l-kitābi watakfurūna bibaʿḍin famā jazāu man yafʿalu dhālika minkum illā khiz'yun fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wayawma l-qiyāmati yuraddūna ilā ashaddi l-ʿadhābi wamā l-lahu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna

Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.(85)

Word by word

  1. ثُمَّthummaThen
  2. أَنتُمْantumyou
  3. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(are) those
  4. تَقْتُلُونَtaqtulūna(who) kill
  5. أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
  6. وَتُخْرِجُونَwatukh'rijūnaand evict
  7. فَرِيقًاfarīqana party
  8. مِّنكُمminkumof you
  9. مِّنminfrom
  10. دِيَٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
  11. تَظَٰهَرُونَtaẓāharūnayou support one another
  12. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimagainst them
  13. بِٱلْإِثْمِbil-ith'miin sin
  14. وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِwal-ʿud'wāniand [the] transgression
  15. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  16. يَأْتُوكُمْyatūkumthey come to you
  17. أُسَٰرَىٰusārā(as) captives
  18. تُفَٰدُوهُمْtufādūhumyou ransom them
  19. وَهُوَwahuwawhile it
  20. مُحَرَّمٌmuḥarramun(was) forbidden
  21. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
  22. إِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚikh'rājuhumtheir eviction
  23. أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَafatu'minūnaSo do you believe
  24. بِبَعْضِbibaʿḍiin part (of)
  25. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābithe Book
  26. وَتَكْفُرُونَwatakfurūnaand disbelieve
  27. بِبَعْضٍ ۚbibaʿḍinin part
  28. فَمَاfamāThen what
  29. جَزَآءُjazāu(should be the) recompense
  30. مَنman(for the one) who
  31. يَفْعَلُyafʿaludoes
  32. ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
  33. مِنكُمْminkumamong you
  34. إِلَّاillāexcept
  35. خِزْىٌkhiz'yundisgrace
  36. فِىfīin
  37. ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
  38. ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
  39. وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day
  40. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiof [the] Resurrection
  41. يُرَدُّونَyuraddūnathey will be sent back
  42. إِلَىٰٓilāto
  43. أَشَدِّashaddi(the) most severe
  44. ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗl-ʿadhābipunishment
  45. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  46. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  47. بِغَٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
  48. عَمَّاʿammāof what
  49. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do

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