Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 66 (2:66)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا نَكَٰلًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

Quran 2:66 is ayah 66 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 10 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:66
فَجَعَلْنَٰهَانَكَٰلًالِّمَابَيْنَيَدَيْهَاوَمَاخَلْفَهَاوَمَوْعِظَةًلِّلْمُتَّقِينَ٦٦
fajaʿalnāhā nakālan limā bayna yadayhā wamā khalfahā wamawʿiẓatan lil'muttaqīna

And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allāh.(66)

Word by word

  1. فَجَعَلْنَٰهَاfajaʿalnāhāSo We made it
  2. نَكَٰلًاnakālana deterrent punishment
  3. لِّمَاlimāfor those
  4. بَيْنَbayna(in) front
  5. يَدَيْهَاyadayhā(of) them
  6. وَمَاwamāand those
  7. خَلْفَهَاkhalfahāafter them
  8. وَمَوْعِظَةًwamawʿiẓatanand an admonition
  9. لِّلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor those who fear (Allah)

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