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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 281 (2:281)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا تُرْجَعُونَ فِيهِ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ ۖ ثُمَّ تُوَفَّىٰ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ …

Quran 2:281 is ayah 281 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 47 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:281
وَٱتَّقُوا۟يَوْمًاتُرْجَعُونَفِيهِإِلَىٱللَّهِ ۖثُمَّتُوَفَّىٰكُلُّنَفْسٍمَّاكَسَبَتْوَهُمْلَايُظْلَمُونَ٢٨١
wa-ittaqū yawman tur'jaʿūna fīhi ilā l-lahi thumma tuwaffā kullu nafsin mā kasabat wahum lā yuẓ'lamūna

And fear a Day when you will be returned to Allāh. Then every soul will be compensated for what it earned, and they will not be wronged [i.e., treated unjustly].(281)

Word by word

  1. وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqūAnd fear
  2. يَوْمًاyawmana Day
  3. تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūnayou will be brought back
  4. فِيهِfīhi[in it]
  5. إِلَىilāto
  6. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
  7. ثُمَّthummaThen
  8. تُوَفَّىٰtuwaffā(will be) repaid in full
  9. كُلُّkulluevery
  10. نَفْسٍnafsinsoul
  11. مَّاmāwhat
  12. كَسَبَتْkasabatit earned
  13. وَهُمْwahumand they
  14. لَاlānot
  15. يُظْلَمُونَyuẓ'lamūnawill be wronged

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