Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 26
۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْىِۦٓ أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا ۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ ۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَـٰذَا مَثَلًا ۘ يُضِلُّ بِهِۦ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِى بِهِۦ كَثِيرًا ۚ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَ
Indeed, Allāh is not timid to present an example - that of a mosquito or what is smaller than it. And those who have believed know that it is the truth from their Lord. But as for those who disbelieve, they say, "What did Allāh intend by this as an example?" He misleads many thereby and guides many thereby. And He misleads not except the defiantly disobedient,
Word by word
- ۞ إِنَّinnaIndeed
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- لَاlā(is) not
- يَسْتَحْىِۦٓyastaḥyīashamed
- أَنanto
- يَضْرِبَyaḍribaset forth
- مَثَلًۭاmathalanan example
- مَّاmā(like) even
- بَعُوضَةًۭbaʿūḍatan(of) a mosquito
- فَمَاfamāand (even) something
- فَوْقَهَا ۚfawqahāabove it
- فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as for
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
- فَيَعْلَمُونَfayaʿlamūna[thus] they will know
- أَنَّهُannahuthat it
- ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) the truth
- مِنminfrom
- رَّبِّهِمْ ۖrabbihimtheir Lord
- وَأَمَّاwa-ammāAnd as for
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
- فَيَقُولُونَfayaqūlūna[thus] they will say
- مَاذَآmādhāwhat
- أَرَادَarāda(did) intend
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- بِهَـٰذَاbihādhāby this
- مَثَلًۭا ۘmathalanexample
- يُضِلُّyuḍilluHe lets go astray
- بِهِۦbihiby it
- كَثِيرًۭاkathīranmany
- وَيَهْدِىwayahdīand He guides
- بِهِۦbihiby it
- كَثِيرًۭا ۚkathīranmany
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- يُضِلُّyuḍilluHe lets go astray
- بِهِۦٓbihiby it
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱلْفَـٰسِقِينَl-fāsiqīnathe defiantly disobedient
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