Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:73

2:73

فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَـٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

faqul'nā iḍ'ribūhu bibaʿḍihā kadhālika yuḥ'yī l-lahu l-mawtā wayurīkum āyātihi laʿallakum taʿqilūna

So We said, "Strike him [i.e., the slain man] with part of it." Thus does Allāh bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.

— Saheeh International

We said, ‘Strike the [body] with a part of [the cow]’: thus God brings the dead to life and shows His signs so that you may understand.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So We said: "Strike him (the dead man) with a piece of it (the cow)." Thus Allâh brings the dead to life and shows you His Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) so that you may understand.

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

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فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāSo We said
ٱضْرِبُوهُiḍ'ribūhuStrike him
بِبَعْضِهَاۚbibaʿḍihāwith a part of it
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLike this
يُحْىِyuḥ'yīrevives
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
وَيُرِيكُمْwayurīkumand shows you
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Signs
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumperhaps you may
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnause your intellect