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Al-Baqarah 72

Ayah 72 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ قَتَلۡتُمۡ نَفۡسٗا فَٱدَّٰرَٰءۡتُمۡ فِيهَاۖ وَٱللَّهُ مُخۡرِجٞ مَّا كُنتُمۡ تَكۡتُمُونَ ٧٢

And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed1 over it, but Allāh was to bring out that which you were concealing.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., exchanged accusations and denials.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَتَلۡتُمۡyou killedqataltum
  3. نَفۡسٗاa mannafsan
  4. فَٱدَّٰرَٰءۡتُمۡthen you disputedfa-iddāratum
  5. فِيهَاۖconcerning itfīhā
  6. وَٱللَّهُbut Allahwal-lahu
  7. مُخۡرِجٞ(is) the One Who brought forthmukh'rijun
  8. مَّاwhatmā
  9. كُنتُمۡyou werekuntum
  10. تَكۡتُمُونَconcealingtaktumūna

Tafsir

Allah reminds the Israelites about when they killed one of their own. They accused each other of it, each rejecting the accusation of having killed him, and accusing someone else, until they fought. But Allah revealed what they were hiding about the murder of the innocent person.

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