Quran 2:141 — Al-Baqara, verse 141
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
That community passed away: what they earned belongs to them, and what you earn belongs to you. You will not be answerable for their deeds.
تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ ۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُسْأَلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ
til'ka ummatun qad khalat lahā mā kasabat walakum mā kasabtum walā tus'alūna ʿammā kānū yaʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That is a nation that has passed away; there awaits them that they have earned, and there awaits you that you have earned; you shall not be questioned concerning the things they did.
- Muhammad Asad
- "Now those people have passed away; unto them shall be accounted what they have earned, and unto you, what you have earned; and you will not be judged on the strength of what they did."
- Sahih International
- That is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | تِلْكَtil'ka | This | — |
| 2 | أُمَّةٌۭummatun | (was) a community | أمم |
| 3 | قَدْqad | (which) | — |
| 4 | خَلَتْ ۖkhalat | has passed away | خلو |
| 5 | لَهَاlahā | for it | — |
| 6 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 7 | كَسَبَتْkasabat | it earned | كسب |
| 8 | وَلَكُمwalakum | and for you | — |
| 9 | مَّاmā | what | — |
| 10 | كَسَبْتُمْ ۖkasabtum | you have earned | كسب |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | And not | — |
| 12 | تُسْـَٔلُونَtus'alūna | you will be asked | سأل |
| 13 | عَمَّاʿammā | about what | — |
| 14 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they used to | كون |
| 15 | يَعْمَلُونَyaʿmalūna | do | عمل |