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Al-Baqarah 27

Ayah 27 of 286 · Medinan

ٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهۡدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مِيثَٰقِهِۦ وَيَقۡطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفۡسِدُونَ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ ٢٧

Who break the covenant of Allāh after contracting it and sever that which Allāh has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ٱلَّذِينَThose whoalladhīna
  2. يَنقُضُونَbreakyanquḍūna
  3. عَهۡدَ(the) Covenantʿahda
  4. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  5. مِنۢfrommin
  6. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  7. مِيثَٰقِهِۦits ratificationmīthāqihi
  8. وَيَقۡطَعُونَand [they] cutwayaqṭaʿūna
  9. مَآwhatmā
  10. أَمَرَhas orderedamara
  11. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  12. بِهِۦٓitbihi
  13. أَنtoan
  14. يُوصَلَbe joinedyūṣala
  15. وَيُفۡسِدُونَand [they] spread corruptionwayuf'sidūna
  16. فِيinfī
  17. ٱلۡأَرۡضِۚthe earthl-arḍi
  18. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَThoseulāika
  19. هُمُtheyhumu
  20. ٱلۡخَٰسِرُونَ(are) the losersl-khāsirūna

Tafsir

Those who break the promise they made with God to serve Him alone and follow His way. This is in the verse, “He made them testify concerning themselves: “Am I not your Lord?” They said, “Yes, we bear witness!” (7:172) He affirmed this by sending the prophets and the scriptures. Those who do not take their promises with God seriously are those who cut off from things which God instructed not to, such as blood relations and they work to spread corruption on earth through their wrongdoing. They are the losers in this world and the next.

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