Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:80

2:80

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَةً ۚ قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ عَهْدًا فَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖ أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

waqālū lan tamassanā l-nāru illā ayyāman maʿdūdatan qul attakhadhtum ʿinda l-lahi ʿahdan falan yukh'lifa l-lahu ʿahdahu am taqūlūna ʿalā l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna

And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for [a few] numbered days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allāh? For Allāh will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"

— Saheeh International

They say, ‘The Fire will only touch us for a few days.’ Say to them, ‘Have you received a promise from God- for God never breaks His promise- or are you saying things about Him of which you have no real knowledge?’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And they (Jews) say, "The Fire (i.e. Hell-fire on the Day of Resurrection) shall not touch us but for a few numbered days." Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم to them): "Have you taken a covenant from Allâh, so that Allâh will not break His Covenant? Or is it that you say of Allâh what you know not?"

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

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وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they say
لَنlanNever
تَمَسَّنَاtamassanāwill touch us
ٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَيَّامًۭاayyāman(for) days
مَّعْدُودَةًۭۚmaʿdūdatannumbered
قُلْqulSay
أَتَّخَذْتُمْattakhadhtumHave you taken
عِندَʿindafrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
عَهْدًۭاʿahdana covenant
فَلَنfalanso never
يُخْلِفَyukh'lifawill break
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
عَهْدَهُۥٓۖʿahdahuHis Covenant
أَمْamOr
تَقُولُونَtaqūlūna(do) you say
عَلَىʿalāagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مَاmāwhat
لَاlānot
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnayou know