Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 175 (2:175)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ فَمَآ …

Quran 2:175 is ayah 175 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 26 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:175
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَٱلَّذِينَٱشْتَرَوُا۟ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَبِٱلْهُدَىٰوَٱلْعَذَابَبِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚفَمَآأَصْبَرَهُمْعَلَىٱلنَّارِ١٧٥
ulāika alladhīna ish'tarawū l-ḍalālata bil-hudā wal-ʿadhāba bil-maghfirati famā aṣbarahum ʿalā l-nāri

Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are for [i.e., in pursuit of] the Fire!(175)

Word by word

  1. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) they who
  3. ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūpurchase[d]
  4. ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَl-ḍalālata[the] astraying
  5. بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāfor [the] Guidance
  6. وَٱلْعَذَابَwal-ʿadhābaand [the] punishment
  7. بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚbil-maghfiratifor [the] forgiveness
  8. فَمَآfamāSo what (is)
  9. أَصْبَرَهُمْaṣbarahumtheir endurance
  10. عَلَىʿalāon
  11. ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire

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