Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 140 (2:140)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

أَمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِۧمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا۟ هُودًا …

Quran 2:140 is ayah 140 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 21 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:140
أَمْتَقُولُونَإِنَّإِبْرَٰهِۧمَوَإِسْمَٰعِيلَوَإِسْحَٰقَوَيَعْقُوبَوَٱلْأَسْبَاطَكَانُوا۟هُودًاأَوْنَصَٰرَىٰ ۗقُلْءَأَنتُمْأَعْلَمُأَمِٱللَّهُ ۗوَمَنْأَظْلَمُمِمَّنكَتَمَشَهَٰدَةًعِندَهُۥمِنَٱللَّهِ ۗوَمَاٱللَّهُبِغَٰفِلٍعَمَّاتَعْمَلُونَ١٤٠
am taqūlūna inna ib'rāhīma wa-is'māʿīla wa-is'ḥāqa wayaʿqūba wal-asbāṭa kānū hūdan aw naṣārā qul a-antum aʿlamu ami l-lahu waman aẓlamu mimman katama shahādatan ʿindahu mina l-lahi wamā l-lahu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna

Or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants were Jews or Christians? Say, "Are you more knowing or is Allāh?" And who is more unjust than one who conceals a testimony he has from Allāh? And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.(140)

Word by word

  1. أَمْamOr
  2. تَقُولُونَtaqūlūna(do) you say
  3. إِنَّinnathat
  4. إِبْرَٰهِۧمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
  5. وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَwa-is'māʿīlaand Ishmael
  6. وَإِسْحَٰقَwa-is'ḥāqaand Isaac
  7. وَيَعْقُوبَwayaʿqūbaand Yaqub
  8. وَٱلْأَسْبَاطَwal-asbāṭaand the descendants
  9. كَانُوا۟kānūwere
  10. هُودًاhūdanJews
  11. أَوْawor
  12. نَصَٰرَىٰ ۗnaṣārāChristians
  13. قُلْqulSay
  14. ءَأَنتُمْa-antumAre you
  15. أَعْلَمُaʿlamubetter knowing
  16. أَمِamior
  17. ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahu(is) Allah
  18. وَمَنْwamanAnd who
  19. أَظْلَمُaẓlamu(is) more unjust
  20. مِمَّنmimmanthan (the one) who
  21. كَتَمَkatamaconcealed
  22. شَهَٰدَةًshahādatana testimony
  23. عِندَهُۥʿindahu(that) he has
  24. مِنَminafrom
  25. ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahiAllah
  26. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  27. ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
  28. بِغَٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
  29. عَمَّاʿammāof what
  30. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do

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