Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:168

2:168

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ كُلُوا۟ مِمَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ حَلَـٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ

yāayyuhā l-nāsu kulū mimmā fī l-arḍi ḥalālan ṭayyiban walā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti l-shayṭāni innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun

O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.

— Saheeh International

People, eat what is good and lawful from the earth, and do not follow Satan’s footsteps, for he is your sworn enemy.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O mankind! Eat of that which is lawful and good on the earth, and follow not the footsteps of Shaitan (Satan). Verily, he is to you an open enemy.

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

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsumankind
كُلُوا۟kulūEat
مِمَّاmimmāof what
فِىfī(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
حَلَـٰلًۭاḥalālanlawful
طَيِّبًۭاṭayyiban(and) good
وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿūfollow
خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti(the) footsteps (of)
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِۚl-shayṭānithe Shaitaan
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, he
لَكُمْlakum(is) to you
عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwunan enemy
مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear