Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:211

2:211

سَلْ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ كَمْ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُم مِّنْ ءَايَةٍۭ بَيِّنَةٍ ۗ وَمَن يُبَدِّلْ نِعْمَةَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعِقَابِ

sal banī is'rāīla kam ātaynāhum min āyatin bayyinatin waman yubaddil niʿ'mata l-lahi min baʿdi mā jāathu fa-inna l-laha shadīdu l-ʿiqābi

Ask the Children of Israel how many a sign of evidence We have given them. And whoever exchanges the favor of Allāh [for disbelief] after it has come to him - then indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.

— Saheeh International

[Prophet], ask the Children of Israel how many clear signs We brought them. If anyone alters God’s blessings after he has received them, God is stern in punishment.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Ask the Children of Israel how many clear Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) We gave them. And whoever changes Allâh’s Favour after it had come to him, [e.g. renounces the Religion of Allâh (Islâm) and accepts Kufr (disbelief)] then surely, Allâh is Severe in punishment.

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

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سَلْsalAsk
بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
كَمْkamhow many
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمātaynāhumWe gave them
مِّنْminof
ءَايَةٍۭāyatin(the) Sign(s)
بَيِّنَةٍۢۗbayyinatinclear
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
يُبَدِّلْyubaddilchanges
نِعْمَةَniʿ'mataFavor
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مَاmā[what]
جَآءَتْهُjāathuit (has) come to him
فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
شَدِيدُshadīdu(is) severe
ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābiin [the] chastising