Surah Al-Baqarah · Ayah 246

Meaning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 246

Alam tara ila almala-i min banee isra-eelamin baAAdi moosa ith qaloo linabiyyin lahumuibAAath lana malikan nuqatil fee sabeeli Allahiqala hal AAasaytum in kutiba AAalaykumu alqitalualla tuqatiloo qaloo wama lanaalla nuqatila fee sabeeli Allahi waqadokhrijna min diyarina waabna-inafalamma kutiba AAalayhimu alqitalu tawallaw illaqaleelan minhum wallahu AAaleemun biththalimeen

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1. أَلَمْalamDid not
2. تَرَtarayou see
3. إِلَىilā[towards]
4. ٱلْمَلَإِl-mala-ithe chiefs
5. مِنۢminof
6. بَنِىٓbanī(the) Children
7. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
8. مِنۢminfrom
9. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
10. مُوسَىٰٓmūsāMusa
11. إِذْidhwhen
12. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
13. لِنَبِىٍّۢlinabiyyinto a Prophet
14. لَّهُمُlahumuof theirs
15. ٱبْعَثْib'ʿathAppoint
16. لَنَاlanāfor us
17. مَلِكًۭاmalikana king
18. نُّقَـٰتِلْnuqātilwe may fight
19. فِىfīin
20. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
21. ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
22. قَالَqālaHe said
23. هَلْhalWould
24. عَسَيْتُمْʿasaytumyou perhaps
25. إِنinif
26. كُتِبَkutibaprescribed
27. عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumuupon you
28. ٱلْقِتَالُl-qitālu[the] fighting
29. أَلَّاallāthat not
30. تُقَـٰتِلُوا۟ ۖtuqātilūyou fight
31. قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
32. وَمَاwamāAnd what
33. لَنَآlanāfor us
34. أَلَّاallāthat not
35. نُقَـٰتِلَnuqātilawe fight
36. فِىfīin
37. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
38. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
39. وَقَدْwaqadwhile surely
40. أُخْرِجْنَاukh'rij'nāwe have been driven
41. مِنminfrom
42. دِيَـٰرِنَاdiyārināour homes
43. وَأَبْنَآئِنَا ۖwa-abnāināand our children
44. فَلَمَّاfalammāYet, when
45. كُتِبَkutibawas prescribed
46. عَلَيْهِمُʿalayhimuupon them
47. ٱلْقِتَالُl-qitāluthe fighting
48. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turned away
49. إِلَّاillāexcept
50. قَلِيلًۭاqalīlana few
51. مِّنْهُمْ ۗmin'humamong them
52. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
53. عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun(is) All-Knowing
54. بِٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَbil-ẓālimīnaof the wrongdoers