Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 175
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ فَمَآ أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ
Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are for [i.e., in pursuit of] the Fire!
Al-Baqarah · 2:175
Word by word
- أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) they who
- ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūpurchase[d]
- ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata[the] astraying
- بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāfor [the] Guidance
- وَٱلْعَذَابَwal-ʿadhābaand [the] punishment
- بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚbil-maghfiratifor [the] forgiveness
- فَمَآfamāSo what (is)
- أَصْبَرَهُمْaṣbarahumtheir endurance
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire
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