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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 123 (2:123)

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وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَئًْا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا …

Quran 2:123 is ayah 123 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 19 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:123
وَٱتَّقُوا۟يَوْمًالَّاتَجْزِىنَفْسٌعَننَّفْسٍشَئًْاوَلَايُقْبَلُمِنْهَاعَدْلٌوَلَاتَنفَعُهَاشَفَٰعَةٌوَلَاهُمْيُنصَرُونَ١٢٣
wa-ittaqū yawman lā tajzī nafsun ʿan nafsin shayan walā yuq'balu min'hā ʿadlun walā tanfaʿuhā shafāʿatun walā hum yunṣarūna

And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.(123)

Word by word

  1. وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
  2. يَوْمًاyawmana day
  3. لَّاlānot
  4. تَجْزِىtajzīwill avail
  5. نَفْسٌnafsuna soul
  6. عَنʿan(of)
  7. نَّفْسٍnafsin(another) soul
  8. شَئًْاshayananything
  9. وَلَاwalāand not
  10. يُقْبَلُyuq'baluwill be accepted
  11. مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
  12. عَدْلٌʿadlunany compensation
  13. وَلَاwalāand not
  14. تَنفَعُهَاtanfaʿuhāwill benefit it
  15. شَفَٰعَةٌshafāʿatunany intercession
  16. وَلَاwalāand not
  17. هُمْhumthey
  18. يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill be helped

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