Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:181

2:181

فَمَنۢ بَدَّلَهُۥ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعَهُۥ فَإِنَّمَآ إِثْمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

faman baddalahu baʿdamā samiʿahu fa-innamā ith'muhu ʿalā alladhīna yubaddilūnahu inna al-laha sami'un alimun

Then whoever alters it [i.e., the bequest] after he has heard it - the sin is only upon those who have altered it. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.

— Saheeh International

If anyone alters the bequest after hearing it, the guilt of the alteration will fall on them: God is all hearing and all knowing.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then whoever changes the bequest after hearing it, the sin shall be on those who make the change. Truly, Allâh is All-Hearer, All-Knower.

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

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فَمَنۢfamanThen whoever
بَدَّلَهُۥbaddalahuchanges it
بَعْدَ مَاbaʿdamāafter what
سَمِعَهُۥsamiʿahuhe (has) heard [it]
فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamāso only
إِثْمُهُۥith'muhuits sin
عَلَىʿalā(would be) on
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓۚyubaddilūnahualter it
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَal-lahaAllah
سَمِيعٌsami'un(is) All-Hearing
عَلِيمٌۭalimunAll-Knowing