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Al-Baqarah 71

Ayah 71 of 286 · Medinan

قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٞ لَّا ذَلُولٞ تُثِيرُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ وَلَا تَسۡقِي ٱلۡحَرۡثَ مُسَلَّمَةٞ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَاۚ قَالُواْ ٱلۡـَٰٔنَ جِئۡتَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ ٧١

He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.'" They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, Heinnahu
  3. يَقُولُsaysyaqūlu
  4. إِنَّهَا[Indeed] itinnahā
  5. بَقَرَةٞ(is) a cowbaqaratun
  6. لَّاnotlā
  7. ذَلُولٞtraineddhalūlun
  8. تُثِيرُto ploughtuthīru
  9. ٱلۡأَرۡضَthe earthl-arḍa
  10. وَلَاand notwalā
  11. تَسۡقِيwatertasqī
  12. ٱلۡحَرۡثَthe fieldl-ḥartha
  13. مُسَلَّمَةٞsoundmusallamatun
  14. لَّاnolā
  15. شِيَةَblemishshiyata
  16. فِيهَاۚin itfīhā
  17. قَالُواْThey saidqālū
  18. ٱلۡـَٰٔنَNowl-āna
  19. جِئۡتَyou have comeji'ta
  20. بِٱلۡحَقِّۚwith the truthbil-ḥaqi
  21. فَذَبَحُوهَاSo they slaughtered itfadhabaḥūhā
  22. وَمَاand notwamā
  23. كَادُواْthey were nearkādū
  24. يَفۡعَلُونَ(to) doing (it)yafʿalūna

Tafsir

Then Moses told them that Allah said the cow was not used for ploughing or irrigating the earth; she had no faults, and no marks of a different colour other than her yellow. They then replied that now he had brought them a detailed description, correctly identifying the cow. They sacrificed it, after almost not having done it, due to all their arguing and stubbornness.

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