Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 79
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ
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.
Al-Baqarah · 2:79
Word by word
- فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunSo woe
- لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnawrite
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book
- بِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhimwith their (own) hands
- ثُمَّthummathen
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
- هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
- مِنْmin(is)
- عِندِʿindifrom
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- لِيَشْتَرُوا۟liyashtarūto barter
- بِهِۦbihiwith it
- ثَمَنًۭاthamanan(for) a price
- قَلِيلًۭا ۖqalīlanlittle
- فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunSo woe
- لَّهُمlahumto them
- مِّمَّاmimmāfor what
- كَتَبَتْkatabathave written
- أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
- وَوَيْلٌۭwawaylunand woe
- لَّهُمlahumto them
- مِّمَّاmimmāfor what
- يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnathey earn
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