Surah Al-Jumu'ah, ayah 5
مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ ٱلْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًۢا ۚ بِئْسَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
The example of those who were entrusted with the Torah and then did not take it on is like that of a donkey who carries volumes [of books]. Wretched is the example of the people who deny the signs of Allāh. And Allāh does not guide the wrongdoing people.
Al-Jumu'ah · 62:5
Word by word
- مَثَلُmathalu(The) likeness
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
- حُمِّلُوا۟ḥummilūwere entrusted
- ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَl-tawrāta(with) the Taurat
- ثُمَّthummathen
- لَمْlamnot
- يَحْمِلُوهَاyaḥmilūhāthey bore it
- كَمَثَلِkamathali(is) like
- ٱلْحِمَارِl-ḥimārithe donkey
- يَحْمِلُyaḥmiluwho carries
- أَسْفَارًۢا ۚasfāranbooks
- بِئْسَbi'saWretched is
- مَثَلُmathalu(the) example
- ٱلْقَوْمِl-qawmi(of) the people
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
- كَذَّبُوا۟kadhabūdeny
- بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti(the) Signs
- ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi(of) Allah
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- لَاlā(does) not
- يَهْدِىyahdīguide
- ٱلْقَوْمَl-qawmathe people
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
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