Quran 2:70 — Al-Baqara, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Call on your Lord for us, to show us [exactly] what it is: all cows are more or less alike to us. With God’s will, we shall be guided.’
قَالُوا ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ يُبَيِّنْ لَنَا مَا هِيَ إِنَّ الْبَقَرَ تَشَابَهَ عَلَيْنَا وَإِنَّا إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ لَمُهْتَدُونَ
qālū ud'ʿu lanā rabbaka yubayyin lanā mā hiya inna l-baqara tashābaha ʿalaynā wa-innā in shāa l-lahu lamuh'tadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Pray to thy Lord for us, that He make clear to us what she may be; cows are much alike to us; and, if God will, we shall then be guided.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said' they: "Pray on our behalf unto thy Sustainer that He make clear to us what she is to be like, for to us all cows resemble one another; and then, if God so wills, we shall truly be guided aright!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "Call upon your Lord to make clear to us what it is. Indeed, [all] cows look alike to us. And indeed we, if Allāh wills, will be guided."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | ٱدْعُud'ʿu | Pray | دعو |
| 3 | لَنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 4 | رَبَّكَrabbaka | (to) your Lord | ربب |
| 5 | يُبَيِّنyubayyin | to make clear | بين |
| 6 | لَّنَاlanā | to us | — |
| 7 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 8 | هِىَhiya | it (is) | — |
| 9 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 10 | ٱلْبَقَرَl-baqara | [the] cows | بقر |
| 11 | تَشَـٰبَهَtashābaha | look alike | شبه |
| 12 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | to us | — |
| 13 | وَإِنَّآwa-innā | And indeed we | — |
| 14 | إِنin | if | — |
| 15 | شَآءَshāa | wills | شيأ |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 17 | لَمُهْتَدُونَlamuh'tadūna | (will) surely be those who are guided | هدي |