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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 279 (2:279)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

فَإِن لَّمْ تَفْعَلُوا۟ فَأْذَنُوا۟ بِحَرْبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖ وَإِن تُبْتُمْ فَلَكُمْ رُءُوسُ …

Quran 2:279 is ayah 279 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 47 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:279
فَإِنلَّمْتَفْعَلُوا۟فَأْذَنُوا۟بِحَرْبٍمِّنَٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖوَإِنتُبْتُمْفَلَكُمْرُءُوسُأَمْوَٰلِكُمْلَاتَظْلِمُونَوَلَاتُظْلَمُونَ٢٧٩
fa-in lam tafʿalū fadhanū biḥarbin mina l-lahi warasūlihi wa-in tub'tum falakum ruūsu amwālikum lā taẓlimūna walā tuẓ'lamūna

And if you do not, then be informed of a war [against you] from Allāh and His Messenger. But if you repent, you may have your principal - [thus] you do no wrong, nor are you wronged.(279)

Word by word

  1. فَإِنfa-inAnd if
  2. لَّمْlamnot
  3. تَفْعَلُوا۟tafʿalūyou do
  4. فَأْذَنُوا۟fadhanūthen be informed
  5. بِحَرْبٍbiḥarbinof a war
  6. مِّنَminafrom
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  8. وَرَسُولِهِۦ ۖwarasūlihiand His Messenger
  9. وَإِنwa-inAnd if
  10. تُبْتُمْtub'tumyou repent
  11. فَلَكُمْfalakumthen for you
  12. رُءُوسُruūsu(is)
  13. أَمْوَٰلِكُمْamwālikumyour capital
  14. لَاlā(do) not
  15. تَظْلِمُونَtaẓlimūnawrong
  16. وَلَاwalāand not
  17. تُظْلَمُونَtuẓ'lamūnayou will be wronged

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