Quran 2:269 — Al-Baqara, verse 269
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and He gives wisdom to whoever He will. Whoever is given wisdom has truly been given much good, but only those with insight bear this in mind.
يُؤْتِي الْحِكْمَةَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ ۚ وَمَنْ يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا ۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّا أُولُو الْأَلْبَابِ
yu'tī l-ḥik'mata man yashāu waman yu'ta l-ḥik'mata faqad ūtiya khayran kathīran wamā yadhakkaru illā ulū l-albābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He gives the Wisdom to whomsoever He will, and whoso is given the Wisdom, has been given much good; yet none remembers but men possessed of minds.
- Muhammad Asad
- granting wisdom unto whom He wills: and whoever is granted wisdom has indeed been granted wealth abundant. But none bears this in mind save those who are endowed with insight.
- Sahih International
- He gives wisdom to whom He wills, and whoever has been given wisdom has certainly been given much good. And none will remember except those of understanding.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يُؤْتِىyu'tī | He grants | أتي |
| 2 | ٱلْحِكْمَةَl-ḥik'mata | [the] wisdom | حكم |
| 3 | مَنman | (to) whom | — |
| 4 | يَشَآءُ ۚyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 5 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 6 | يُؤْتَyu'ta | is granted | أتي |
| 7 | ٱلْحِكْمَةَl-ḥik'mata | [the] wisdom | حكم |
| 8 | فَقَدْfaqad | then certainly | — |
| 9 | أُوتِىَūtiya | he is granted | أتي |
| 10 | خَيْرًۭاkhayran | good | خير |
| 11 | كَثِيرًۭا ۗkathīran | abundant | كثر |
| 12 | وَمَاwamā | And none | — |
| 13 | يَذَّكَّرُyadhakkaru | remembers | ذكر |
| 14 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 15 | أُو۟لُوا۟ulū | those | أول |
| 16 | ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi | (of) understanding | لبب |