Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 121 (2:121)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَتْلُونَهُۥ حَقَّ تِلَاوَتِهِۦٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ ۗ وَمَن …

Quran 2:121 is ayah 121 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 19 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:121
ٱلَّذِينَءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُٱلْكِتَٰبَيَتْلُونَهُۥحَقَّتِلَاوَتِهِۦٓأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَيُؤْمِنُونَبِهِۦ ۗوَمَنيَكْفُرْبِهِۦفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ١٢١
alladhīna ātaynāhumu l-kitāba yatlūnahu ḥaqqa tilāwatihi ulāika yu'minūna bihi waman yakfur bihi fa-ulāika humu l-khāsirūna

Those to whom We have given the Book recite it with its true recital. They [are the ones who] believe in it. And whoever disbelieves in it - it is they who are the losers.(121)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose
  2. ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُātaynāhumuWe have given them
  3. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  4. يَتْلُونَهُۥyatlūnahurecite it
  5. حَقَّḥaqqa(as it has the) right
  6. تِلَاوَتِهِۦٓtilāwatihi(of) its recitation
  7. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose (people)
  8. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnabelieve
  9. بِهِۦ ۗbihiin it
  10. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  11. يَكْفُرْyakfurdisbelieves
  12. بِهِۦbihiin it
  13. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
  14. هُمُhumuthey
  15. ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers

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