Quran 2:86 — Al-Baqara, verse 86
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
These are the people who buy the life of this world at the price of the Hereafter: their torment will not be lightened, nor will they be helped.
أُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الْحَيَاةَ الدُّنْيَا بِالْآخِرَةِ ۖ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنْصَرُونَ
ulāika alladhīna ish'tarawū l-ḥayata l-dun'yā bil-ākhirati falā yukhaffafu ʿanhumu l-ʿadhābu walā hum yunṣarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who have purchased the present life at the price of the world to come -- for them the chastisement shall not be lightened, neither shall they be helped.
- Muhammad Asad
- All who buy the life of this world at the price of the life to come - their suffering shall not be lightened, nor shall they be succoured!
- Sahih International
- Those are the ones who have bought the life of this world [in exchange] for the Hereafter, so the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be aided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (are) the ones who | — |
| 3 | ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawū | bought | شري |
| 4 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةَl-ḥayata | the life | حيي |
| 5 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 6 | بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ ۖbil-ākhirati | for the Hereafter | أخر |
| 7 | فَلَاfalā | so not | — |
| 8 | يُخَفَّفُyukhaffafu | will be lightened | خفف |
| 9 | عَنْهُمُʿanhumu | for them | — |
| 10 | ٱلْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu | the punishment | عذب |
| 11 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 12 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 13 | يُنصَرُونَyunṣarūna | will be helped | نصر |