Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:79

2:79

فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ

fawaylun lilladhīna yaktubūna l-kitāba bi-aydīhim thumma yaqūlūna hādhā min ʿindi l-lahi liyashtarū bihi thamanan qalīlan fawaylun lahum mimmā katabat aydīhim wawaylun lahum mimmā yaksibūna

So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allāh," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

— Saheeh International

So woe to those who write something down with their own hands and then claim, ‘This is from God,’ in order to make some small gain. Woe to them for what their hands have written! Woe to them for all that they have earned!

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, "This is from Allâh," to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby.

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

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Word by Word

فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunSo woe
لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnawrite
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe book
بِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhimwith their (own) hands
ثُمَّthummathen
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
هَـٰذَاhādhāThis
مِنْmin(is)
عِندِʿindifrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
لِيَشْتَرُوا۟liyashtarūto barter
بِهِۦbihiwith it
ثَمَنًۭاthamanan(for) a price
قَلِيلًۭاۖqalīlanlittle
فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylunSo woe
لَّهُمlahumto them
مِّمَّاmimmāfor what
كَتَبَتْkatabathave written
أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhimtheir hands
وَوَيْلٌۭwawaylunand woe
لَّهُمlahumto them
مِّمَّاmimmāfor what
يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūnathey earn