Quran 2:206 — Al-Baqara, verse 206
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When he is told, ‘Beware of God,’ his arrogance leads him to sin. Hell is enough for him: a dreadful resting place.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ أَخَذَتْهُ الْعِزَّةُ بِالْإِثْمِ ۚ فَحَسْبُهُ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَلَبِئْسَ الْمِهَادُ
wa-idhā qīla lahu ittaqi l-laha akhadhathu l-ʿizatu bil-ith'mi faḥasbuhu jahannamu walabi'sa l-mihādu
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and when it is said to him, 'Fear God', vainglory seizes him in his sin. So Gehenna shall be enough for him -- how evil a cradling!
- Muhammad Asad
- And whenever he is told, "Be conscious of God," his false pride drives him into sin: wherefore hell will be his allotted portion-and how vile a resting-place!
- Sahih International
- And when it is said to him, "Fear Allāh," pride in the sin takes hold of him. Sufficient for him is Hellfire, and how wretched is the resting place.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | قِيلَqīla | it is said | قول |
| 3 | لَهُlahu | to him | — |
| 4 | ٱتَّقِittaqi | Fear | وقي |
| 5 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 6 | أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathu | takes him | أخذ |
| 7 | ٱلْعِزَّةُl-ʿizatu | (his) pride | عزز |
| 8 | بِٱلْإِثْمِ ۚbil-ith'mi | to [the] sins | أثم |
| 9 | فَحَسْبُهُۥfaḥasbuhu | Then enough for him | حسب |
| 10 | جَهَنَّمُ ۚjahannamu | (is) Hell | — |
| 11 | وَلَبِئْسَwalabi'sa | [and] surely an evil | بأس |
| 12 | ٱلْمِهَادُl-mihādu | [the] resting-place | مهد |