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Al-Baqarah 85

Ayah 85 of 286 · Medinan

ثُمَّ أَنتُمۡ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ تَقۡتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمۡ وَتُخۡرِجُونَ فَرِيقٗا مِّنكُم مِّن دِيَٰرِهِمۡ تَظَٰهَرُونَ عَلَيۡهِم بِٱلۡإِثۡمِ وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِ وَإِن يَأۡتُوكُمۡ أُسَٰرَىٰ تُفَٰدُوهُمۡ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيۡكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجُهُمۡۚ أَفَتُؤۡمِنُونَ بِبَعۡضِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَتَكۡفُرُونَ بِبَعۡضٖۚ فَمَا جَزَآءُ مَن يَفۡعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمۡ إِلَّا خِزۡيٞ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ وَيَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَشَدِّ ٱلۡعَذَابِۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٨٥

Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ثُمَّThenthumma
  2. أَنتُمۡyouantum
  3. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ(are) thosehāulāi
  4. تَقۡتُلُونَ(who) killtaqtulūna
  5. أَنفُسَكُمۡyourselvesanfusakum
  6. وَتُخۡرِجُونَand evictwatukh'rijūna
  7. فَرِيقٗاa partyfarīqan
  8. مِّنكُمof youminkum
  9. مِّنfrommin
  10. دِيَٰرِهِمۡtheir homesdiyārihim
  11. تَظَٰهَرُونَyou support one anothertaẓāharūna
  12. عَلَيۡهِمagainst themʿalayhim
  13. بِٱلۡإِثۡمِin sinbil-ith'mi
  14. وَٱلۡعُدۡوَٰنِand [the] transgressionwal-ʿud'wāni
  15. وَإِنAnd ifwa-in
  16. يَأۡتُوكُمۡthey come to youyatūkum
  17. أُسَٰرَىٰ(as) captivesusārā
  18. تُفَٰدُوهُمۡyou ransom themtufādūhum
  19. وَهُوَwhile itwahuwa
  20. مُحَرَّمٌ(was) forbiddenmuḥarramun
  21. عَلَيۡكُمۡto youʿalaykum
  22. إِخۡرَاجُهُمۡۚtheir evictionikh'rājuhum
  23. أَفَتُؤۡمِنُونَSo do you believeafatu'minūna
  24. بِبَعۡضِin part (of)bibaʿḍi
  25. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِthe Bookl-kitābi
  26. وَتَكۡفُرُونَand disbelievewatakfurūna
  27. بِبَعۡضٖۚin partbibaʿḍin
  28. فَمَاThen whatfamā
  29. جَزَآءُ(should be the) recompensejazāu
  30. مَن(for the one) whoman
  31. يَفۡعَلُdoesyafʿalu
  32. ذَٰلِكَthatdhālika
  33. مِنكُمۡamong youminkum
  34. إِلَّاexceptillā
  35. خِزۡيٞdisgracekhiz'yun
  36. فِيinfī
  37. ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِthe lifel-ḥayati
  38. ٱلدُّنۡيَاۖ(of) the worldl-dun'yā
  39. وَيَوۡمَand (on the) Daywayawma
  40. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِof [the] Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  41. يُرَدُّونَthey will be sent backyuraddūna
  42. إِلَىٰٓtoilā
  43. أَشَدِّ(the) most severeashaddi
  44. ٱلۡعَذَابِۗpunishmentl-ʿadhābi
  45. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  46. ٱللَّهُ(is) Allahl-lahu
  47. بِغَٰفِلٍunawarebighāfilin
  48. عَمَّاof whatʿammā
  49. تَعۡمَلُونَyou dotaʿmalūna

Tafsir

Then you broke the contract: some of you killing others, and forcing a group of them to leave their homes, assisted by their enemies, unjustly and with aggression. Then if prisoners came to you in the hands of enemies, you pay their ransom and rescue them from their captivity, even though making them leave their homes was forbidden to you. How is it that you believe in some of what is in the Torah about the ransom of captives, and reject some of it (about not killing each other and driving people from where they live)? For those of you who do that, there is only humiliation in this life and the most severe torment in the Afterlife. Allah knows what you do; in fact, He is fully aware, and He will hold you to account.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran