Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:16

2:16

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ

ulāika alladhīna ish'tarawū l-ḍalālata bil-hudā famā rabiḥat tijāratuhum wamā kānū muh'tadīna

Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.

— Saheeh International

They have bought error in exchange for guidance, so their trade reaps no profit, and they are not rightly guided.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

These are they who have purchased error for guidance, so their commerce was profitless. And they were not guided.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūbought
ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata[the] astraying
بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāfor [the] guidance
فَمَاfamāSo not
رَبِحَتrabiḥatprofited
تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْtijāratuhumtheir commerce
وَمَاwamāand not
كَانُوا۟kānūwere they
مُهْتَدِينَmuh'tadīnaguided-ones