Quran 2:66 — Al-Baqara, verse 66
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We made this an example to those people who were there at the time and to those who came after them, and a lesson to all who are mindful of God.
فَجَعَلْنَاهَا نَكَالًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
fajaʿalnāhā nakālan limā bayna yadayhā wamā khalfahā wamawʿiẓatan lil'muttaqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We made it a punishment exemplary for all the former times and for the latter, and an admonition to such as are godfearing.
- Muhammad Asad
- and set them up as a warning example for their time and for all times to come, as well as an admonition to all who are conscious of God.
- Sahih International
- And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allāh.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَجَعَلْنَـٰهَاfajaʿalnāhā | So We made it | جعل |
| 2 | نَكَـٰلًۭاnakālan | a deterrent punishment | نكل |
| 3 | لِّمَاlimā | for those | — |
| 4 | بَيْنَbayna | (in) front | بين |
| 5 | يَدَيْهَاyadayhā | (of) them | يدي |
| 6 | وَمَاwamā | and those | — |
| 7 | خَلْفَهَاkhalfahā | after them | خلف |
| 8 | وَمَوْعِظَةًۭwamawʿiẓatan | and an admonition | وعظ |
| 9 | لِّلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīna | for those who fear (Allah) | وقي |