Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:85

2:85

ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًا مِّنكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ تَظَـٰهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَإِن يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَـٰرَىٰ تُفَـٰدُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚ أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ ۚ فَمَا جَزَآءُ مَن يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْىٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَشَدِّ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

thumma antum hāulāi taqtulūna anfusakum watukh'rijūna farīqan minkum min diyārihim taẓāharūna ʿalayhim bil-ith'mi wal-ʿud'wāni wa-in yatūkum usārā tufādūhum wahuwa muḥarramun ʿalaykum ikh'rājuhum afatu'minūna bibaʿḍi l-kitābi watakfurūna bibaʿḍin famā jazāu man yafʿalu dhālika minkum illā khiz'yun fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wayawma l-qiyāmati yuraddūna ilā ashaddi l-ʿadhābi wamā l-lahu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna

Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.

— Saheeh International

Yet here you are, killing one another and driving some of your own people from their homes, helping one another in sin and aggression against them. If they come to you as captives, you still pay to set them free, although you had no right to drive them out. So do you believe in some parts of the Scripture and not in others? The punishment for those of you who do this will be nothing but disgrace in this life, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be condemned to the harshest torment: God is not unaware of what you do.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

After this, it is you who kill one another and drive out a party of you from their homes, assist (their enemies) against them, in sin and transgression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their expulsion was forbidden to you. Then do you believe in a part of the Scripture and reject the rest? Then what is the recompense of those who do so among you, except disgrace in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be consigned to the most grievous torment. And Allâh is not unaware of what you do.

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

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ثُمَّthummaThen
أَنتُمْantumyou
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi(are) those
تَقْتُلُونَtaqtulūna(who) kill
أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakumyourselves
وَتُخْرِجُونَwatukh'rijūnaand evict
فَرِيقًۭاfarīqana party
مِّنكُمminkumof you
مِّنminfrom
دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihimtheir homes
تَظَـٰهَرُونَtaẓāharūnayou support one another
عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimagainst them
بِٱلْإِثْمِbil-ith'miin sin
وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِwal-ʿud'wāniand [the] transgression
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
يَأْتُوكُمْyatūkumthey come to you
أُسَـٰرَىٰusārā(as) captives
تُفَـٰدُوهُمْtufādūhumyou ransom them
وَهُوَwahuwawhile it
مُحَرَّمٌmuḥarramun(was) forbidden
عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
إِخْرَاجُهُمْۚikh'rājuhumtheir eviction
أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَafatu'minūnaSo do you believe
بِبَعْضِbibaʿḍiin part (of)
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
وَتَكْفُرُونَwatakfurūnaand disbelieve
بِبَعْضٍۢۚbibaʿḍinin part
فَمَاfamāThen what
جَزَآءُjazāu(should be the) recompense
مَنman(for the one) who
يَفْعَلُyafʿaludoes
ذَٰلِكَdhālikathat
مِنكُمْminkumamong you
إِلَّاillāexcept
خِزْىٌۭkhiz'yundisgrace
فِىfīin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاۖl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَيَوْمَwayawmaand (on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmatiof [the] Resurrection
يُرَدُّونَyuraddūnathey will be sent back
إِلَىٰٓilāto
أَشَدِّashaddi(the) most severe
ٱلْعَذَابِۗl-ʿadhābipunishment
وَمَاwamāAnd not
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(is) Allah
بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilinunaware
عَمَّاʿammāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do