Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:90

2:90

بِئْسَمَا ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ ۚ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

bi'samā ish'taraw bihi anfusahum an yakfurū bimā anzala l-lahu baghyan an yunazzila l-lahu min faḍlihi ʿalā man yashāu min ʿibādihi fabāū bighaḍabin ʿalā ghaḍabin walil'kāfirīna ʿadhābun muhīnun

How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allāh has revealed through [their] outrage that Allāh would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.

— Saheeh International

Low indeed is the price for which they have sold their souls by denying the God-sent truth, out of envy that God should send His bounty to any of His servants He pleases. The disbelievers have ended up with wrath upon wrath, and a humiliating torment awaits them.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

How bad is that for which they have sold their ownselves, that they should disbelieve in that which Allâh has revealed (the Qur’ân), grudging that Allâh should reveal of His Grace unto whom He wills of His slaves. So they have drawn on themselves wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers, there is disgracing torment.

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

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Word by Word

بِئْسَمَاbi'samāEvil (is) that
ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ish'taraw(for) which they have sold
بِهِۦٓbihiwith
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
أَنanthat
يَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurūthey disbelieve
بِمَآbimāin what
أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بَغْيًاbaghyangrudging
أَنanthat
يُنَزِّلَyunazzilasends down
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
مِنminof
فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihiHis Grace
عَلَىٰʿalāon
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
مِنْminfrom
عِبَادِهِۦۖʿibādihiHis servants
فَبَآءُوfabāūSo they have drawn (on themselves)
بِغَضَبٍbighaḍabinwrath
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
غَضَبٍۢۚghaḍabinwrath
وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīnaAnd for the disbelievers
عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnunhumiliating