Quran 2:268 — Al-Baqara, verse 268
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty and commands you to do foul deeds; God promises you His forgiveness and His abundance: God is limitless and all knowing,
الشَّيْطَانُ يَعِدُكُمُ الْفَقْرَ وَيَأْمُرُكُمْ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ ۖ وَاللَّهُ يَعِدُكُمْ مَغْفِرَةً مِنْهُ وَفَضْلًا ۗ وَاللَّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
al-shayṭānu yaʿidukumu l-faqra wayamurukum bil-faḥshāi wal-lahu yaʿidukum maghfiratan min'hu wafaḍlan wal-lahu wāsiʿun ʿalīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Satan promises you poverty, and bids you unto indecency; but God promises you His pardon and His bounty; and God is All-embracing, All-knowing.
- Muhammad Asad
- Satan threatens you with the prospect of poverty and bids you to be niggardly, whereas God promises you His forgiveness and bounty; and God is infinite, all-knowing,
- Sahih International
- Satan threatens you with poverty and orders you to immorality, while Allāh promises you forgiveness from Him and bounty. And Allāh is all-Encompassing and Knowing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُal-shayṭānu | The Shaitaan | شطن |
| 2 | يَعِدُكُمُyaʿidukumu | promises you | وعد |
| 3 | ٱلْفَقْرَl-faqra | [the] poverty | فقر |
| 4 | وَيَأْمُرُكُمwayamurukum | and orders you | أمر |
| 5 | بِٱلْفَحْشَآءِ ۖbil-faḥshāi | to immorality | فحش |
| 6 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | while Allah | أله |
| 7 | يَعِدُكُمyaʿidukum | promises you | وعد |
| 8 | مَّغْفِرَةًۭmaghfiratan | forgiveness | غفر |
| 9 | مِّنْهُmin'hu | from Him | — |
| 10 | وَفَضْلًۭا ۗwafaḍlan | and bounty | فضل |
| 11 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun | (is) All-Encompassing | وسع |
| 13 | عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmun | All-Knowing | علم |