Quran 2:169 — Al-Baqara, verse 169
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He always commands you to do what is evil and indecent, and to say things about God that you do not really know.
إِنَّمَا يَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالسُّوءِ وَالْفَحْشَاءِ وَأَنْ تَقُولُوا عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
innamā yamurukum bil-sūi wal-faḥshāi wa-an taqūlū ʿalā l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He only commands you to evil and indecency, and that you should speak against God such things as you know not.
- Muhammad Asad
- and bids you only to do evil, and to commit deeds of abomination, and to attribute unto God something of which you have no knowledge.
- Sahih International
- He only orders you to evil and immorality and to say about Allāh what you do not know.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | Only | — |
| 2 | يَأْمُرُكُمyamurukum | he commands you | أمر |
| 3 | بِٱلسُّوٓءِbil-sūi | to (do) the evil | سوأ |
| 4 | وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِwal-faḥshāi | and the shameful | فحش |
| 5 | وَأَنwa-an | and that | — |
| 6 | تَقُولُوا۟taqūlū | you say | قول |
| 7 | عَلَىʿalā | about | — |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 9 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 10 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 11 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | you know | علم |