Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:268

2:268

ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ يَعِدُكُمُ ٱلْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُم بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ يَعِدُكُم مَّغْفِرَةً مِّنْهُ وَفَضْلًا ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

al-shayṭānu yaʿidukumu l-faqra wayamurukum bil-faḥshāi wal-lahu yaʿidukum maghfiratan min'hu wafaḍlan wal-lahu wāsiʿun ʿalīmun

Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allāh promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.

— Saheeh International

Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty and commands you to do foul deeds; God promises you His forgiveness and His abundance: God is limitless and all knowing,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Shaitân (Satan) threatens you with poverty and orders you to commit Fahshâ (evil deeds, illegal sexual intercourse, sins); whereas Allâh promises you Forgiveness from Himself and Bounty, and Allâh is All-Sufficient for His creatures’ needs, All-Knower.

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

Juz 3Page 45medinan

Word by Word

ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُal-shayṭānuThe Shaitaan
يَعِدُكُمُyaʿidukumupromises you
ٱلْفَقْرَl-faqra[the] poverty
وَيَأْمُرُكُمwayamurukumand orders you
بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِۖbil-faḥshāito immorality
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuwhile Allah
يَعِدُكُمyaʿidukumpromises you
مَّغْفِرَةًۭmaghfiratanforgiveness
مِّنْهُmin'hufrom Him
وَفَضْلًۭاۗwafaḍlanand bounty
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knowing