Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 69
قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَ
They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in color - pleasing to the observers.'"
Al-Baqarah · 2:69
Word by word
- قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
- ٱدْعُud'ʿuPray
- لَنَاlanāfor us
- رَبَّكَrabbaka(to) your Lord
- يُبَيِّنyubayyinto make clear
- لَّنَاlanāto us
- مَاmāwhat
- لَوْنُهَا ۚlawnuhā(is) its color
- قَالَqālaHe said
- إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
- يَقُولُyaqūlusays
- إِنَّهَاinnahā'[Indeed] it is
- بَقَرَةٌۭbaqaratuna cow
- صَفْرَآءُṣafrāuyellow
- فَاقِعٌۭfāqiʿunbright
- لَّوْنُهَاlawnuhā(in) its color
- تَسُرُّtasurrupleasing
- ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَl-nāẓirīna(to) those who see (it).'
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