Quran 2:80 — Al-Baqara, verse 80
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They say, ‘The Fire will only touch us for a few days.’ Say to them, ‘Have you received a promise from God- for God never breaks His promise- or are you saying things about Him of which you have no real knowledge?’
وَقَالُوا لَنْ تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ إِلَّا أَيَّامًا مَعْدُودَةً ۚ قُلْ أَتَّخَذْتُمْ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَهْدًا فَلَنْ يُخْلِفَ اللَّهُ عَهْدَهُ ۖ أَمْ تَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
waqālū lan tamassanā l-nāru illā ayyāman maʿdūdatan qul attakhadhtum ʿinda l-lahi ʿahdan falan yukh'lifa l-lahu ʿahdahu am taqūlūna ʿalā l-lahi mā lā taʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they say, 'The Fire shall not touch us save a number of days.' Say: 'Have you taken with God a covenant? God will not fail in His covenant; or say you things against God of which you know nothing?
- Muhammad Asad
- And they say, "The fire will most certainly not touch us for more than a limited number of days." Say [unto them]: "Have you received a promise from God - for God never breaks His promise - or do you attribute to God something which you cannot know?"
- Sahih International
- And they say, "Never will the Fire touch us, except for [a few] numbered days." Say, "Have you taken a covenant with Allāh? For Allāh will never break His covenant. Or do you say about Allāh that which you do not know?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they say | قول |
| 2 | لَنlan | Never | — |
| 3 | تَمَسَّنَاtamassanā | will touch us | مسس |
| 4 | ٱلنَّارُl-nāru | the Fire | نور |
| 5 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 6 | أَيَّامًۭاayyāman | (for) days | يوم |
| 7 | مَّعْدُودَةًۭ ۚmaʿdūdatan | numbered | عدد |
| 8 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 9 | أَتَّخَذْتُمْattakhadhtum | Have you taken | أخذ |
| 10 | عِندَʿinda | from | عند |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 12 | عَهْدًۭاʿahdan | a covenant | عهد |
| 13 | فَلَنfalan | so never | — |
| 14 | يُخْلِفَyukh'lifa | will break | خلف |
| 15 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 16 | عَهْدَهُۥٓ ۖʿahdahu | His Covenant | عهد |
| 17 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 18 | تَقُولُونَtaqūlūna | (do) you say | قول |
| 19 | عَلَىʿalā | against | — |
| 20 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 21 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 22 | لَاlā | not | — |
| 23 | تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūna | you know | علم |