Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:70

2:70

قَالُوا۟ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّن لَّنَا مَا هِىَ إِنَّ ٱلْبَقَرَ تَشَـٰبَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّآ إِن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ

qālū ud'ʿu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā hiya inna l-baqara tashābaha ʿalaynā wa-innā in shāa l-lahu lamuh'tadūna

They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed, [all] cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allāh wills, will be guided."

— Saheeh International

They said, ‘Call on your Lord for us, to show us [exactly] what it is: all cows are more or less alike to us. With God’s will, we shall be guided.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

They said, "Call upon your Lord for us to make plain to us what it is. Verily, to us all cows are alike. And surely, if Allâh wills, we will be guided."

— 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
هِىَhiyait (is)
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْبَقَرَl-baqara[the] cows
تَشَـٰبَهَtashābahalook alike
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
وَإِنَّآwa-innāAnd indeed we
إِنinif
شَآءَshāawills
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لَمُهْتَدُونَlamuh'tadūna(will) surely be those who are guided