Quran 2:85 — Al-Baqara, verse 85
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Yet here you are, killing one another and driving some of your own people from their homes, helping one another in sin and aggression against them. If they come to you as captives, you still pay to set them free, although you had no right to drive them out. So do you believe in some parts of the Scripture and not in others? The punishment for those of you who do this will be nothing but disgrace in this life, and on the Day of Resurrection they will be condemned to the harshest torment: God is not unaware of what you do.
ثُمَّ أَنْتُمْ هَـٰؤُلَاءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًا مِنْكُمْ مِنْ دِيَارِهِمْ تَظَاهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ بِالْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ وَإِنْ يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَارَىٰ تُفَادُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚ أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ ۚ فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ ۗ وَمَا اللَّهُ بِغَافِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
thumma antum hāulāi taqtulūna anfusakum watukh'rijūna farīqan minkum min diyārihim taẓāharūna ʿalayhim bil-ith'mi wal-ʿud'wāni wa-in yatūkum usārā tufādūhum wahuwa muḥarramun ʿalaykum ikh'rājuhum afatu'minūna bibaʿḍi l-kitābi watakfurūna bibaʿḍin famā jazāu man yafʿalu dhālika minkum illā khiz'yun fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wayawma l-qiyāmati yuraddūna ilā ashaddi l-ʿadhābi wamā l-lahu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Then there you are killing one another, and expelling a party of you from their habitations, conspiring against them in sin and enmity; and if they come to you as captives, you ransom them; yet their expulsion was forbidden you. What, do you believe in part of the Book, and disbelieve in part? What shall be the recompense of those of you who do that, but degradation in the present life, and on the Day of Resurrection to be returned unto the most terrible of chastisement? And God is not heedless of the things you do.
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet, it is you who slay one another and drive some of your own people from their homelands, aiding one another against them in sin and hatred; but if they come to you as captives, you ransom them - although the very [act of] driving them away has been made unlawful to you!. Do you, then, believe in some parts of the divine writ and deny the truth of other parts? What, then, could be the reward of those among you who do such things but ignominy in the life of this world and, on the Day of Resurrection, commitment to most grievous suffering? For God is not unmindful of what you do.
- Sahih International
- Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes, cooperating against them in sin and aggression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their eviction was forbidden to you. So do you believe in part of the Scripture and disbelieve in part? Then what is the recompense for those who do that among you except disgrace in worldly life; and on the Day of Resurrection they will be sent back to the severest of punishment. And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ثُمَّthumma | Then | — |
| 2 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 3 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | (are) those | — |
| 4 | تَقْتُلُونَtaqtulūna | (who) kill | قتل |
| 5 | أَنفُسَكُمْanfusakum | yourselves | نفس |
| 6 | وَتُخْرِجُونَwatukh'rijūna | and evict | خرج |
| 7 | فَرِيقًۭاfarīqan | a party | فرق |
| 8 | مِّنكُمminkum | of you | — |
| 9 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 10 | دِيَـٰرِهِمْdiyārihim | their homes | دور |
| 11 | تَظَـٰهَرُونَtaẓāharūna | you support one another | ظهر |
| 12 | عَلَيْهِمʿalayhim | against them | — |
| 13 | بِٱلْإِثْمِbil-ith'mi | in sin | أثم |
| 14 | وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِwal-ʿud'wāni | and [the] transgression | عدو |
| 15 | وَإِنwa-in | And if | — |
| 16 | يَأْتُوكُمْyatūkum | they come to you | أتي |
| 17 | أُسَـٰرَىٰusārā | (as) captives | أسر |
| 18 | تُفَـٰدُوهُمْtufādūhum | you ransom them | فدي |
| 19 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while it | — |
| 20 | مُحَرَّمٌmuḥarramun | (was) forbidden | حرم |
| 21 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | to you | — |
| 22 | إِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚikh'rājuhum | their eviction | خرج |
| 23 | أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَafatu'minūna | So do you believe | أمن |
| 24 | بِبَعْضِbibaʿḍi | in part (of) | بعض |
| 25 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | the Book | كتب |
| 26 | وَتَكْفُرُونَwatakfurūna | and disbelieve | كفر |
| 27 | بِبَعْضٍۢ ۚbibaʿḍin | in part | بعض |
| 28 | فَمَاfamā | Then what | — |
| 29 | جَزَآءُjazāu | (should be the) recompense | جزي |
| 30 | مَنman | (for the one) who | — |
| 31 | يَفْعَلُyafʿalu | does | فعل |
| 32 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | that | — |
| 33 | مِنكُمْminkum | among you | — |
| 34 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 35 | خِزْىٌۭkhiz'yun | disgrace | خزي |
| 36 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 37 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | the life | حيي |
| 38 | ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 39 | وَيَوْمَwayawma | and (on the) Day | يوم |
| 40 | ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati | of [the] Resurrection | قوم |
| 41 | يُرَدُّونَyuraddūna | they will be sent back | ردد |
| 42 | إِلَىٰٓilā | to | — |
| 43 | أَشَدِّashaddi | (the) most severe | شدد |
| 44 | ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗl-ʿadhābi | punishment | عذب |
| 45 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 46 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | (is) Allah | أله |
| 47 | بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilin | unaware | غفل |
| 48 | عَمَّاʿammā | of what | — |
| 49 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |