Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:86

2:86

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

ulāika alladhīna ish'tarawū l-ḥayata l-dun'yā bil-ākhirati falā yukhaffafu ʿanhumu l-ʿadhābu walā hum yunṣarūna

Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided.

— Saheeh International

These are the people who buy the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter: their torment will not be lightened, nor will they be helped.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Those are they who have bought the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter. Their torment shall not be lightened nor shall they be helped.

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

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) the ones who
ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūbought
ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayatathe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِۖbil-ākhiratifor the Hereafter
فَلَاfalāso not
يُخَفَّفُyukhaffafuwill be lightened
عَنْهُمُʿanhumufor them
ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābuthe punishment
وَلَاwalāand not
هُمْhumthey
يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūnawill be helped