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Al-Baqarah 16

Ayah 16 of 286 · Medinan

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَٰرَتُهُمۡ وَمَا كَانُواْ مُهۡتَدِينَ ١٦

Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) the ones whoalladhīna
  3. ٱشۡتَرَوُاْboughtish'tarawū
  4. ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ[the] astrayingl-ḍalālata
  5. بِٱلۡهُدَىٰfor [the] guidancebil-hudā
  6. فَمَاSo notfamā
  7. رَبِحَتprofitedrabiḥat
  8. تِّجَٰرَتُهُمۡtheir commercetijāratuhum
  9. وَمَاand notwamā
  10. كَانُواْwere theykānū
  11. مُهۡتَدِينَguided-onesmuh'tadīna

Tafsir

It is they who are the fools, because they exchanged faith for disbelief; and this exchange did not help them in any way, because they lost their faith in Allah and lost the way to the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran