Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 79 (2:79)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ …

Quran 2:79 is ayah 79 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 12 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:79
فَوَيْلٌلِّلَّذِينَيَكْتُبُونَٱلْكِتَٰبَبِأَيْدِيهِمْثُمَّيَقُولُونَهَٰذَامِنْعِندِٱللَّهِلِيَشْتَرُوا۟بِهِۦثَمَنًاقَلِيلًا ۖفَوَيْلٌلَّهُممِّمَّاكَتَبَتْأَيْدِيهِمْوَوَيْلٌلَّهُممِّمَّايَكْسِبُونَ٧٩
fawaylun lilladhīna yaktubūna l-kitāba bi-aydīhim thumma yaqūlūna hādhā min ʿindi l-lahi liyashtarū bihi thamanan qalīlan fawaylun lahum mimmā katabat aydīhim wawaylun lahum mimmā yaksibūna

So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allāh," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.(79)

Word by word

  1. فَوَيْلٌfawaylunSo woe
  2. لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
  3. يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnawrite
  4. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe book
  5. بِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhimwith their (own) hands
  6. ثُمَّthummathen
  7. يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
  8. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  9. مِنْmin(is)
  10. عِندِʿindifrom
  11. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  12. لِيَشْتَرُوا۟liyashtarūto barter
  13. بِهِۦbihiwith it
  14. ثَمَنًاthamanan(for) a price
  15. قَلِيلًا ۖqalīlanlittle
  16. فَوَيْلٌfawaylunSo woe
  17. لَّهُمlahumto them
  18. مِّمَّاmimmāfor what
  19. كَتَبَتْkatabathave written
  20. أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
  21. وَوَيْلٌwawaylunand woe
  22. لَّهُمlahumto them
  23. مِّمَّاmimmāfor what
  24. يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnathey earn

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