Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:69

2:69

قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا لَوْنُهَا ۚ قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ صَفْرَآءُ فَاقِعٌ لَّوْنُهَا تَسُرُّ ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَ

qālū ud'ʿu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā lawnuhā qāla innahu yaqūlu innahā baqaratun ṣafrāu fāqiʿun lawnuhā tasurru l-nāẓirīna

They said, "Call upon your Lord to show us what is her color." He said, "He says, 'It is a yellow cow, bright in color - pleasing to the observers.'"

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘Call on your Lord for us, to show us what colour it should be.’ He answered, ‘God says it should be a bright yellow cow, pleasing to the eye.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said, "Call upon your Lord for us to make plain to us its colour." He said, "He says, ‘It is a yellow cow, bright in its colour, pleasing to the beholders.’ "

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

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قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
ٱدْعُud'ʿuPray
لَنَاlanāfor us
رَبَّكَrabbaka(to) your Lord
يُبَيِّنyubayyinto make clear
لَّنَاlanāto us
مَاmāwhat
لَوْنُهَاۚlawnuhā(is) its color
قَالَqālaHe said
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
يَقُولُyaqūlusays
إِنَّهَاinnahā'[Indeed] it is
بَقَرَةٌۭbaqaratuna cow
صَفْرَآءُṣafrāuyellow
فَاقِعٌۭfāqiʿunbright
لَّوْنُهَاlawnuhā(in) its color
تَسُرُّtasurrupleasing
ٱلنَّـٰظِرِينَl-nāẓirīna(to) those who see (it).'