Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:71

2:71

قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

qāla innahu yaqūlu innahā baqaratun lā dhalūlun tuthīru l-arḍa walā tasqī l-ḥartha musallamatun lā shiyata fīhā qālū l-āna ji'ta bil-ḥaqi fadhabaḥūhā wamā kādū yafʿalūna

He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.'" They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.

— Saheeh International

He replied, ‘It is a perfect and unblemished cow, not trained to till the earth or water the fields.’ They said, ‘Now you have brought the truth,’ and so they slaughtered it, though they almost failed to do so.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He [Mûsâ (Moses)] said, "He says, ‘It is a cow neither trained to till the soil nor water the fields, sound, having no other colour except bright yellow.’ " They said, "Now you have brought the truth." So they slaughtered it though they were near to not doing it.

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
يَقُولُyaqūlusays
إِنَّهَاinnahā[Indeed] it
بَقَرَةٌۭbaqaratun(is) a cow
لَّاlānot
ذَلُولٌۭdhalūluntrained
تُثِيرُtuthīruto plough
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
وَلَاwalāand not
تَسْقِىtasqīwater
ٱلْحَرْثَl-ḥarthathe field
مُسَلَّمَةٌۭmusallamatunsound
لَّاlāno
شِيَةَshiyatablemish
فِيهَاۚfīhāin it
قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
ٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-ānaNow
جِئْتَji'tayou have come
بِٱلْحَقِّۚbil-ḥaqiwith the truth
فَذَبَحُوهَاfadhabaḥūhāSo they slaughtered it
وَمَاwamāand not
كَادُوا۟kādūthey were near
يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna(to) doing (it)