Quran 2:168 — Al-Baqara, verse 168
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People, eat what is good and lawful from the earth, and do not follow Satan’s footsteps, for he is your sworn enemy.
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ كُلُوا مِمَّا فِي الْأَرْضِ حَلَالًا طَيِّبًا وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ
yāayyuhā l-nāsu kulū mimmā fī l-arḍi ḥalālan ṭayyiban walā tattabiʿū khuṭuwāti l-shayṭāni innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O men, eat of what is in the earth lawful and good; and follow not the steps of Satan; he is a manifest foe to you.
- Muhammad Asad
- O MANKIND! Partake of what is lawful and good on earth, and follow not Satan's footsteps: for, verily, he is your open foe,
- Sahih International
- O mankind, eat from whatever is on earth [that is] lawful and good and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | mankind | نوس |
| 3 | كُلُوا۟kulū | Eat | أكل |
| 4 | مِمَّاmimmā | of what | — |
| 5 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 6 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 7 | حَلَـٰلًۭاḥalālan | lawful | حلل |
| 8 | طَيِّبًۭاṭayyiban | (and) good | طيب |
| 9 | وَلَاwalā | And (do) not | — |
| 10 | تَتَّبِعُوا۟tattabiʿū | follow | تبع |
| 11 | خُطُوَٰتِkhuṭuwāti | (the) footsteps (of) | خطو |
| 12 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚl-shayṭāni | the Shaitaan | شطن |
| 13 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 14 | لَكُمْlakum | (is) to you | — |
| 15 | عَدُوٌّۭʿaduwwun | an enemy | عدو |
| 16 | مُّبِينٌmubīnun | clear | بين |