Quran 2:16 — Al-Baqara, verse 16
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They have bought error in exchange for guidance, so their trade reaps no profit, and they are not rightly guided.
أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَتْ تِجَارَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ
ulāika alladhīna ish'tarawū l-ḍalālata bil-hudā famā rabiḥat tijāratuhum wamā kānū muh'tadīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those are they that have bought error at the price of guidance, and their commerce has not profited them, and they are not right-guided.
- Muhammad Asad
- [for] it is they who have taken error in exchange for guidance; and neither has their bargain brought them gain, nor have they found guidance [elsewhere].
- Sahih International
- Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (are) the ones who | — |
| 3 | ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawū | bought | شري |
| 4 | ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata | [the] astraying | ضلل |
| 5 | بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudā | for [the] guidance | هدي |
| 6 | فَمَاfamā | So not | — |
| 7 | رَبِحَتrabiḥat | profited | ربح |
| 8 | تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْtijāratuhum | their commerce | تجر |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 10 | كَانُوا۟kānū | were they | كون |
| 11 | مُهْتَدِينَmuh'tadīna | guided-ones | هدي |