Quran 2:90 — Al-Baqara, verse 90
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Low indeed is the price for which they have sold their souls by denying the God-sent truth, out of envy that God should send His bounty to any of His servants He pleases. The disbelievers have ended up with wrath upon wrath, and a humiliating torment awaits them.
بِئْسَمَا اشْتَرَوْا بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ أَنْ يَكْفُرُوا بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ فَضْلِهِ عَلَىٰ مَنْ يَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ ۖ فَبَاءُوا بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ ۚ وَلِلْكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُهِينٌ
bi'samā ish'taraw bihi anfusahum an yakfurū bimā anzala l-lahu baghyan an yunazzila l-lahu min faḍlihi ʿalā man yashāu min ʿibādihi fabāū bighaḍabin ʿalā ghaḍabin walil'kāfirīna ʿadhābun muhīnun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Evil is the thing they have sold themselves for, disbelieving in that which God sent down, grudging that God should send down of His bounty on whomsoever He will of His servants, and they were laden with anger upon anger; and for unbelievers awaits a humbling chastisement.
- Muhammad Asad
- Vile is that [false pride] for which they have sold their own selves by denying the truth of what God has bestowed from on high, out of envy that God should bestow aught of His favour upon whomsoever He wills of His servants: and thus have they earned the burden of God's condemnation, over and over. And for those who deny the truth there is shameful suffering in store.
- Sahih International
- How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allāh has revealed through [their] outrage that Allāh would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | بِئْسَمَاbi'samā | Evil (is) that | بأس |
| 2 | ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ish'taraw | (for) which they have sold | شري |
| 3 | بِهِۦٓbihi | with | — |
| 4 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 5 | أَنan | that | — |
| 6 | يَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurū | they disbelieve | كفر |
| 7 | بِمَآbimā | in what | — |
| 8 | أَنزَلَanzala | has revealed | نزل |
| 9 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 10 | بَغْيًاbaghyan | grudging | بغي |
| 11 | أَنan | that | — |
| 12 | يُنَزِّلَyunazzila | sends down | نزل |
| 13 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 14 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 15 | فَضْلِهِۦfaḍlihi | His Grace | فضل |
| 16 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 17 | مَنman | whom | — |
| 18 | يَشَآءُyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 19 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 20 | عِبَادِهِۦ ۖʿibādihi | His servants | عبد |
| 21 | فَبَآءُوfabāū | So they have drawn (on themselves) | بوأ |
| 22 | بِغَضَبٍbighaḍabin | wrath | غضب |
| 23 | عَلَىٰʿalā | upon | — |
| 24 | غَضَبٍۢ ۚghaḍabin | wrath | غضب |
| 25 | وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَwalil'kāfirīna | And for the disbelievers | كفر |
| 26 | عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun | (is) a punishment | عذب |
| 27 | مُّهِينٌۭmuhīnun | humiliating | هون |