Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 16
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ
Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.
Al-Baqarah · 2:16
Word by word
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
- ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūbought
- ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata[the] astraying
- بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāfor [the] guidance
- فَمَاfamāSo not
- رَبِحَتrabiḥatprofited
- تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْtijāratuhumtheir commerce
- وَمَاwamāand not
- كَانُوا۟kānūwere they
- مُهْتَدِينَmuh'tadīnaguided-ones
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