Quran 2:123 — Al-Baqara, verse 123
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and beware of a Day when no soul can stand in for another. No compensation will be accepted from it, nor intercession be of use to it, nor will anyone be helped.
وَاتَّقُوا يَوْمًا لَا تَجْزِي نَفْسٌ عَنْ نَفْسٍ شَيْئًا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا تَنْفَعُهَا شَفَاعَةٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
wa-ittaqū yawman lā tajzī nafsun ʿan nafsin shayan walā yuq'balu min'hā ʿadlun walā tanfaʿuhā shafāʿatun walā hum yunṣarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and beware a day when no soul for another shall give satisfaction, and no counterpoise shall be accepted from it, nor any intercession shall be profitable to it, neither shall they be helped.
- Muhammad Asad
- and remain conscious of [the coming of] a Day when no human being shall in the least avail another, nor shall ransom be accepted from any of them, nor shall intercession be of any use to them, and none shall be succoured.
- Sahih International
- And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَٱتَّقُوا۟wa-ittaqū | And fear | وقي |
| 2 | يَوْمًۭاyawman | a day | يوم |
| 3 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 4 | تَجْزِىtajzī | will avail | جزي |
| 5 | نَفْسٌnafsun | a soul | نفس |
| 6 | عَنʿan | (of) | — |
| 7 | نَّفْسٍۢnafsin | (another) soul | نفس |
| 8 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 10 | يُقْبَلُyuq'balu | will be accepted | قبل |
| 11 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 12 | عَدْلٌۭʿadlun | any compensation | عدل |
| 13 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 14 | تَنفَعُهَاtanfaʿuhā | will benefit it | نفع |
| 15 | شَفَـٰعَةٌۭshafāʿatun | any intercession | شفع |
| 16 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 17 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 18 | يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna | will be helped | نصر |