Quran 2:211 — Al-Baqara, verse 211
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], ask the Children of Israel how many clear signs We brought them. If anyone alters God’s blessings after he has received them, God is stern in punishment.
سَلْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَمْ آتَيْنَاهُمْ مِنْ آيَةٍ بَيِّنَةٍ ۗ وَمَنْ يُبَدِّلْ نِعْمَةَ اللَّهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَتْهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعِقَابِ
sal banī is'rāīla kam ātaynāhum min āyatin bayyinatin waman yubaddil niʿ'mata l-lahi min baʿdi mā jāathu fa-inna l-laha shadīdu l-ʿiqābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Ask the Children of Israel how many a clear sign We gave them. Whoso changes God's blessing after it has come to him, God is terrible in retribution.
- Muhammad Asad
- Ask the children of Israel how many a clear message We have given them! And if one alters God's blessed message after it has reached him - verily, God is severe in retribution!
- Sahih International
- Ask the Children of Israel how many a sign of evidence We have given them. And whoever exchanges the favor of Allāh [for disbelief] after it has come to him - then indeed, Allāh is severe in penalty.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | سَلْsal | Ask | سأل |
| 2 | بَنِىٓbanī | (the) Children | بني |
| 3 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | (of) Israel | — |
| 4 | كَمْkam | how many | — |
| 5 | ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمātaynāhum | We gave them | أتي |
| 6 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 7 | ءَايَةٍۭāyatin | (the) Sign(s) | أيي |
| 8 | بَيِّنَةٍۢ ۗbayyinatin | clear | بين |
| 9 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 10 | يُبَدِّلْyubaddil | changes | بدل |
| 11 | نِعْمَةَniʿ'mata | Favor | نعم |
| 12 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 13 | مِنۢmin | from | — |
| 14 | بَعْدِbaʿdi | after | بعد |
| 15 | مَاmā | [what] | — |
| 16 | جَآءَتْهُjāathu | it (has) come to him | جيأ |
| 17 | فَإِنَّfa-inna | then indeed | — |
| 18 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 19 | شَدِيدُshadīdu | (is) severe | شدد |
| 20 | ٱلْعِقَابِl-ʿiqābi | in [the] chastising | عقب |