Quran 2:79 — Al-Baqara, verse 79
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
So woe to those who write something down with their own hands and then claim, ‘This is from God,’ in order to make some small gain. Woe to them for what their hands have written! Woe to them for all that they have earned!
فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَهُمْ مِمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ
fawaylun lilladhīna yaktubūna l-kitāba bi-aydīhim thumma yaqūlūna hādhā min ʿindi l-lahi liyashtarū bihi thamanan qalīlan fawaylun lahum mimmā katabat aydīhim wawaylun lahum mimmā yaksibūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So woe to those who write the Book with their hands, then say, 'This is from God,' that they may sell it for a little price; so woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for their earnings.
- Muhammad Asad
- Woe, then, unto those who write down, with their own hands, [something which they claim to be] divine writ, and then say. "This is from God," in order to acquire a trifling gain thereby; woe, then, unto them for what their hands have written, and woe unto them for all that they may have gained!
- Sahih International
- So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allāh," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylun | So woe | — |
| 2 | لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those who | — |
| 3 | يَكْتُبُونَyaktubūna | write | كتب |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the book | كتب |
| 5 | بِأَيْدِيهِمْbi-aydīhim | with their (own) hands | يدي |
| 6 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 7 | يَقُولُونَyaqūlūna | they say | قول |
| 8 | هَـٰذَاhādhā | This | — |
| 9 | مِنْmin | (is) | — |
| 10 | عِندِʿindi | from | عند |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 12 | لِيَشْتَرُوا۟liyashtarū | to barter | شري |
| 13 | بِهِۦbihi | with it | — |
| 14 | ثَمَنًۭاthamanan | (for) a price | ثمن |
| 15 | قَلِيلًۭا ۖqalīlan | little | قلل |
| 16 | فَوَيْلٌۭfawaylun | So woe | — |
| 17 | لَّهُمlahum | to them | — |
| 18 | مِّمَّاmimmā | for what | — |
| 19 | كَتَبَتْkatabat | have written | كتب |
| 20 | أَيْدِيهِمْaydīhim | their hands | يدي |
| 21 | وَوَيْلٌۭwawaylun | and woe | — |
| 22 | لَّهُمlahum | to them | — |
| 23 | مِّمَّاmimmā | for what | — |
| 24 | يَكْسِبُونَyaksibūna | they earn | كسب |