Quran 2:181 — Al-Baqara, verse 181
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If anyone alters the bequest after hearing it, the guilt of the alteration will fall on them: God is all hearing and all knowing.
فَمَنْ بَدَّلَهُ بَعْدَ مَا سَمِعَهُ فَإِنَّمَا إِثْمُهُ عَلَى الَّذِينَ يُبَدِّلُونَهُ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ
faman baddalahu baʿdamā samiʿahu fa-innamā ith'muhu ʿalā alladhīna yubaddilūnahu inna al-laha sami'un alimun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then if any man changes it after hearing it, the sin shall rest upon those who change it; surely God is All-hearing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- And if anyone alters such a provision - after having come to know it, the sin of acting thus shall fall only upon those who have altered it. Verily, God is all-hearing, all-knowing.
- Sahih International
- Then whoever alters it [i.e., the bequest] after he has heard it - the sin is only upon those who have altered it. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَمَنۢfaman | Then whoever | — |
| 2 | بَدَّلَهُۥbaddalahu | changes it | بدل |
| 3 | بَعْدَ مَاbaʿdamā | after what | بعد |
| 4 | سَمِعَهُۥsamiʿahu | he (has) heard [it] | سمع |
| 5 | فَإِنَّمَآfa-innamā | so only | — |
| 6 | إِثْمُهُۥith'muhu | its sin | أثم |
| 7 | عَلَىʿalā | (would be) on | — |
| 8 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 9 | يُبَدِّلُونَهُۥٓ ۚyubaddilūnahu | alter it | بدل |
| 10 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 11 | ٱللَّهَal-laha | Allah | أله |
| 12 | سَمِيعٌsami'un | (is) All-Hearing | سمع |
| 13 | عَلِيمٌۭalimun | All-Knowing | علم |
| 14 | ١٨١ʿalīmun | (181) | — |