Quran 2:71 — Al-Baqara, verse 71
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He replied, ‘It is a perfect and unblemished cow, not trained to till the earth or water the fields.’ They said, ‘Now you have brought the truth,’ and so they slaughtered it, though they almost failed to do so.
قَالَ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ الْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِي الْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا الْآنَ جِئْتَ بِالْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
qāla innahu yaqūlu innahā baqaratun lā dhalūlun tuthīru l-arḍa walā tasqī l-ḥartha musallamatun lā shiyata fīhā qālū l-āna ji'ta bil-ḥaqi fadhabaḥūhā wamā kādū yafʿalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'He says she shall be a cow not broken to plough the earth or to water the tillage, one kept secure, with no blemish on her.' They said, 'Now thou hast brought the truth'; and therefore they sacrificed her, a thing they had scarcely done.
- Muhammad Asad
- [Moses] answered: "Behold, He says it is to be a cow not broken-in to plough the earth or to water the crops, free of fault, without markings of any other colour."Said they: "At last thou hast brought out the truth!"-and thereupon they sacrificed her, although they had almost left it undone.
- Sahih International
- He said, "He says, 'It is a cow neither trained to plow the earth nor to irrigate the field, one free from fault with no spot upon her.'" They said, "Now you have come with the truth." So they slaughtered her, but they could hardly do it.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, He | — |
| 3 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | says | قول |
| 4 | إِنَّهَاinnahā | [Indeed] it | — |
| 5 | بَقَرَةٌۭbaqaratun | (is) a cow | بقر |
| 6 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 7 | ذَلُولٌۭdhalūlun | trained | ذلل |
| 8 | تُثِيرُtuthīru | to plough | ثور |
| 9 | ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍa | the earth | أرض |
| 10 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 11 | تَسْقِىtasqī | water | سقي |
| 12 | ٱلْحَرْثَl-ḥartha | the field | حرث |
| 13 | مُسَلَّمَةٌۭmusallamatun | sound | سلم |
| 14 | لَّاlā | no | — |
| 15 | شِيَةَshiyata | blemish | وشي |
| 16 | فِيهَا ۚfīhā | in it | — |
| 17 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 18 | ٱلْـَٔـٰنَl-āna | Now | — |
| 19 | جِئْتَji'ta | you have come | جيأ |
| 20 | بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚbil-ḥaqi | with the truth | حقق |
| 21 | فَذَبَحُوهَاfadhabaḥūhā | So they slaughtered it | ذبح |
| 22 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 23 | كَادُوا۟kādū | they were near | كود |
| 24 | يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna | (to) doing (it) | فعل |