Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 176 (2:176)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَفِى …

Quran 2:176 is ayah 176 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 26 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:176
ذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّٱللَّهَنَزَّلَٱلْكِتَٰبَبِٱلْحَقِّ ۗوَإِنَّٱلَّذِينَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟فِىٱلْكِتَٰبِلَفِىشِقَاقٍۭبَعِيدٍ١٧٦
dhālika bi-anna l-laha nazzala l-kitāba bil-ḥaqi wa-inna alladhīna ikh'talafū fī l-kitābi lafī shiqāqin baʿīdin

That is [deserved by them] because Allāh has sent down the Book in truth. And indeed, those who differ over the Book are in extreme dissension.(176)

Word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
  2. بِأَنَّbi-anna(is) because
  3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  4. نَزَّلَnazzalarevealed
  5. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  6. بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗbil-ḥaqiwith [the] Truth
  7. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
  8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
  9. ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūwho differed
  10. فِىfīin
  11. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābithe Book
  12. لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
  13. شِقَاقٍۭshiqāqinschism
  14. بَعِيدٍbaʿīdinfar

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