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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 212 (2:212)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

زُيِّنَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ۘ …

Quran 2:212 is ayah 212 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 33 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:212
زُيِّنَلِلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟ٱلْحَيَوٰةُٱلدُّنْيَاوَيَسْخَرُونَمِنَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ ۘوَٱلَّذِينَٱتَّقَوْا۟فَوْقَهُمْيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗوَٱللَّهُيَرْزُقُمَنيَشَآءُبِغَيْرِحِسَابٍ٢١٢
zuyyina lilladhīna kafarū l-ḥayatu l-dun'yā wayaskharūna mina alladhīna āmanū wa-alladhīna ittaqaw fawqahum yawma l-qiyāmati wal-lahu yarzuqu man yashāu bighayri ḥisābin

Beautified for those who disbelieve is the life of this world, and they ridicule those who believe. But those who fear Allāh are above them on the Day of Resurrection. And Allāh gives provision to whom He wills without account.(212)

Word by word

  1. زُيِّنَzuyyinaBeautified
  2. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
  4. ٱلْحَيَوٰةُl-ḥayatu(is) the life
  5. ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
  6. وَيَسْخَرُونَwayaskharūnaand they ridicule
  7. مِنَmina[of]
  8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  9. ءَامَنُوا۟ ۘāmanūbelieve[d]
  10. وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
  11. ٱتَّقَوْا۟ittaqawfear (Allah)
  12. فَوْقَهُمْfawqahum(they will be) above them
  13. يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
  14. ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۗl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
  15. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  16. يَرْزُقُyarzuquprovides
  17. مَنmanwhom
  18. يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
  19. بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
  20. حِسَابٍḥisābinmeasure

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