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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 59 (2:59)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ …

Quran 2:59 is ayah 59 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 9 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:59
فَبَدَّلَٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟قَوْلًاغَيْرَٱلَّذِىقِيلَلَهُمْفَأَنزَلْنَاعَلَىٱلَّذِينَظَلَمُوا۟رِجْزًامِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِبِمَاكَانُوا۟يَفْسُقُونَ٥٩
fabaddala alladhīna ẓalamū qawlan ghayra alladhī qīla lahum fa-anzalnā ʿalā alladhīna ẓalamū rij'zan mina l-samāi bimā kānū yafsuqūna

But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment [i.e., plague] from the sky because they were defiantly disobeying.(59)

Word by word

  1. فَبَدَّلَfabaddalaBut changed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  3. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
  4. قَوْلًاqawlan(the) word
  5. غَيْرَghayraother (than)
  6. ٱلَّذِىalladhī(that) which
  7. قِيلَqīlawas said
  8. لَهُمْlahumto them
  9. فَأَنزَلْنَاfa-anzalnāso We sent down
  10. عَلَىʿalāupon
  11. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  12. ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
  13. رِجْزًاrij'zana punishment
  14. مِّنَminafrom
  15. ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
  16. بِمَاbimābecause
  17. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  18. يَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūnadefiantly disobeying

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