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Al-Baqarah 175

Ayah 175 of 286 · Medinan

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ وَٱلۡعَذَابَ بِٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚ فَمَآ أَصۡبَرَهُمۡ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ ١٧٥

Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are for [i.e., in pursuit of] the Fire!

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ(are) they whoalladhīna
  3. ٱشۡتَرَوُاْpurchase[d]ish'tarawū
  4. ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ[the] astrayingl-ḍalālata
  5. بِٱلۡهُدَىٰfor [the] Guidancebil-hudā
  6. وَٱلۡعَذَابَand [the] punishmentwal-ʿadhāba
  7. بِٱلۡمَغۡفِرَةِۚfor [the] forgivenessbil-maghfirati
  8. فَمَآSo what (is)famā
  9. أَصۡبَرَهُمۡtheir enduranceaṣbarahum
  10. عَلَىonʿalā
  11. ٱلنَّارِthe Firel-nāri

Tafsir

Those who hide knowledge exchange guidance for misguidance, as they hid the truth, and exchange the forgiveness of Allah for His punishment. How determined they are to do things that will lead them into the fire of Hell, as if they do not realize what suffering it contains!

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran