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Al-Baqarah 181

Ayah 181 of 286 · Medinan

فَمَنۢ بَدَّلَهُۥ بَعۡدَ مَا سَمِعَهُۥ فَإِنَّمَآ إِثۡمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٞ ١٨١

Then whoever alters it [i.e., the bequest] after he has heard it - the sin is only upon those who have altered it. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَمَنۢThen whoeverfaman
  2. بَدَّلَهُۥchanges itbaddalahu
  3. بَعۡدَafter whatbaʿdamā
  4. مَا
  5. سَمِعَهُۥhe (has) heard [it]baʿdamā
  6. فَإِنَّمَآso only
  7. إِثۡمُهُۥits sinfa-innamā
  8. عَلَى(would be) onith'muhu
  9. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoʿalā
  10. يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓۚalter italladhīna
  11. إِنَّIndeedyubaddilūnahu
  12. ٱللَّهَAllahinna
  13. سَمِيعٌ(is) All-Hearingl-laha
  14. عَلِيمٞAll-Knowingsamīʿun

Tafsir

Whoever then changes the will, adding to it or taking away from it or stopping something when they know what the will contains, the sin of it will be upon those who changed it, and the person who wrote the will is not held responsible for what they did. Allah hears all that His creation say, and knows all that they do; and He knows every detail of the situations they are in.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran