Surah Al-Baqarah (2:1–20)
In the name (bism; mark-identifier) of God (Allah; deity-agent), the Radiant (ar-Rahman; womb-expansion), the Merciful (ar-Rahim; womb-enclosure).
[The Code and the Shield-Bearers]:
(2:1) Alif Lam Mim (Alif Lam Mim; isolated-glyphs).
(2:2) This is the Book (al-kitab; inscribed-parchment) about which there is no doubt (rayb; shifting-sand), a guidance (hudan; path-marker) for those who guard themselves (al-muttaqin; shield-bearers).
(2:3) Who believe (yu'minun; anchor-weight) in the unseen (al-ghayb; hidden-curtain), and establish the prayer (as-salah; binding-connection), and from what We have provided (razaqna; distributed-portion) them, they spend (yunfiqun; disperse-seed).
(2:4) And who believe (yu'minun; anchor-weight) in what was sent down (unzila; dropped-weight) to you, and what was sent down (unzila; dropped-weight) before you, and in the hereafter (al-akhirah; final-edge) they are certain (yuqinun; solid-ground).
(2:5) Those are upon guidance (hudan; path-marker) from their Lord (rabb; master-cultivator), and it is those who are the successful (al-muflihun; soil-breakers).
[The Sealed]:
(2:6) Indeed, those who conceal (kafaru; cover-dirt), it is the same for them whether you warned (andharta; sound-alarm) them or you did not warn (tundhir; sound-alarm) them, they will not believe (yu'minun; anchor-weight).
(2:7) God (Allah; deity-agent) has set a seal (khatama; wax-stamp) upon their hearts (qulub; turning-pumps) and upon their hearing (sam'i; acoustic-membrane). Over their vision (absari; ocular-lens) is a veil (ghishawah; thick-covering), and for them is a great punishment (adhab; heavy-strike).
[The Fractured and the Market]:
(2:8) And of the people (an-nas; human-crowd) are some who say, "We believe (amanna; anchor-weight) in God (Allah; deity-agent) and in the Last Day (al-yawm; sun-cycle)," but they are not believers (bimu'minin; anchor-weights).
(2:9) They seek to deceive (yukhadi'un; bait-trap) God (Allah; deity-agent) and those who believe (amanu; anchor-weight), but they do not deceive (yakhda'un; bait-trap) except themselves (anfusahum; breath-vessels), and they do not perceive (yash'urun; hair-sense).
(2:10) In their hearts (qulub; turning-pumps) is a disease (marad; rotting-flesh), so God (Allah; deity-agent) increased them in disease (maradan; rotting-flesh). For them is a painful punishment (adhab; heavy-strike) because they used to lie (yakdhibun; fabricate-mirage).
(2:11) And when it is said to them, "Do not cause corruption (tufsidu; rot-spoilage) on the earth (al-ard; ground-soil)," they say, "We are but reformers (muslihun; order-restorers)."
(2:12) Unquestionably, it is they who are the corrupters (al-mufsidun; rot-spreaders), but they do not perceive (yash'urun; hair-sense).
(2:13) And when it is said to them, "Believe (aminu; anchor-weight) as the people (an-nas; human-crowd) have believed (amana; anchor-weight)," they say, "Shall we believe (anu'minu; anchor-weight) as the fools (as-sufaha; light-weights) have believed (amana; anchor-weight)?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the fools (as-sufaha; light-weights), but they do not know (ya'lamun; track-marks).
(2:14) And when they meet those who believe (amanu; anchor-weight), they say, "We believe (amanna; anchor-weight)." But when they are alone with their devils (shayatini; burning-adversaries), they say, "Indeed, we are with you. We were only mocking (mustahzi'un; scoffing-breath)."
(2:15) God (Allah; deity-agent) mocks (yastahzi'u; scoffing-breath) them and prolongs them in their transgression (tughyani; flood-overflow), wandering blindly (ya'mahun; sightless-groping).
(2:16) Those are the ones who have purchased error (ad-dalalah; lost-path) in exchange for guidance (al-huda; path-marker). Their trade (tijaratu; market-exchange) did not profit, nor were they guided (muhtadin; path-followers).
[The Simulations of Fire and Storm]:
(2:17) Their example (mathalu; struck-mold) is like the example (mathali; struck-mold) of one who kindled a fire (naran; combustion-flame), but when it illuminated (ada'at; cast-light) what was around him, God (Allah; deity-agent) took away their light (binuri; ray-beam) and left them in darkness (zulumatin; thick-shadows), not seeing (yubsirun; optic-focus).
(2:18) Deaf (summun; plugged-ears), dumb (bukmun; tied-tongues), blind (umyun; blank-eyes), so they will not return (yarji'un; step-back).
(2:19) Or like a rainstorm (sayyibin; pouring-water) from the sky (as-sama; overhead-canopy) within which is darkness (zulumatun; thick-shadows), thunder (ra'dun; acoustic-shock), and lightning (barqun; electric-flash). They put their fingers (asabi'a; digit-bones) in their ears (adhani; auditory-canals) against the thunderclaps (as-sawa'iqi; sky-strikes) in dread of death (al-mawt; breath-stoppage). God (Allah; deity-agent) is encompassing of the concealers (al-kafirin; dirt-coverers).
(2:20) The lightning (al-barqu; electric-flash) almost snatches away their sight (absara; ocular-lenses). Every time it illuminates (ada'a; cast-light) for them, they walk (mashaw; foot-stride) in it. When it darkens (azlama; cast-shadow) over them, they stand (qamu; halt-upright). If God (Allah; deity-agent) had willed, He could have taken away their hearing (bisam'i; acoustic-membrane) and their sight (wa absari; ocular-lens). Indeed, God (Allah; deity-agent) is over all things competent (qadir; measured-power).
Q 2:1
| الٓمٓ |
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| আলিফ লাম মীম / alif lām mīm |
| unglossed opening letters |
Alif. Lām. Mīm.
Q 2:2
| لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ | هُدًى | فِيهِ | رَيْبَ | لَا | ٱلْكِتَٰبُ | ذَٰلِكَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| লিল-মুত্তাক্বীন / lil-muttaqīn | হুদান / hudan | ফীহি / fīhi | রইবা / rayba | লা / lā | আল-কিতাব / al-kitāb | যা-লিকা / dhālika |
| for the shielded, the wary | track-showing guidance | within it | wavering unease | no, none | the inscribed, stitched writing | that, at distance |
That is the Book. No unease in it. Guidance for those who guard themselves.
Q 2:3
| يُنفِقُونَ | رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ | وَمِمَّا | ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ | وَيُقِيمُونَ | بِٱلْغَيْبِ | يُؤْمِنُونَ | ٱلَّذِينَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইউনফিক্বূনা / yunfiqūna | রাযাক্বনাহুম / razaqnāhum | ওয়া মিম্মা / wa-mimmā | আস-সলাতা / aṣ-ṣalāta | ওয়া ইউক্বীমূনা / wa-yuqīmūna | বিল-গইব / bil-ghayb | ইউ'মিনূনা / yuʾminūna | আল্লাযীনা / alladhīna |
| they spend through, tunnel out | We portioned to them | and from what | the loin-bending prayer | and they stand upright | in the sunk-away, the absent | give trust, make secure | those who |
Those who trust in what is unseen, who stand the prayer upright, and who spend out of what We have portioned to them.
Q 2:4
| وَمَآ | إِلَيْكَ | أُنزِلَ | بِمَآ | يُؤْمِنُونَ | وَٱلَّذِينَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ওয়ামা / wamā | ইলাইকা / ilayka | উনযিলা / unzila | বিমা / bimā | ইউ'মিনূনা / yuʾminūna | ওয়াল্লাযীনা / walladhīna |
| and what | upon you | was made to alight down | in what | give trust | and those who |
| يُوقِنُونَ | هُمْ | وَبِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ | قَبْلِكَ | مِن | أُنزِلَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইউক্বিনূনা / yūqinūna | হুম / hum | ওয়াবিল-আ-খিরাতি / wa-bil-ākhirati | ক্বাবলিকা / qablika | মিন / min | উনযিলা / unzila |
| hold settled certainty | they | and in the hindmost, the last | the front-side, before you | from | was sent down |
And those who trust in what was sent down to you and what was sent down before you, and who hold settled certainty about the hereafter.
Q 2:5
| ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ | هُمُ | وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ | رَّبِّهِمْ | مِّن | هُدًى | عَلَىٰ | أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| আল-মুফলিহূন / al-mufliḥūn | হুমু / humu | ওয়া উলা-ইকা / wa-ulāʾika | রব্বিহিম / rabbihim | মিন / min | হুদান / hudan | 'আলা / ʿalā | উলা-ইকা / ulāʾika |
| the soil-splitters, breakers-through | they are | and those ones | their nurturer-master | from | track-guidance | upon, riding on | those ones |
Those ride upon guidance from their Lord, and those are the ones who break through to success.
Q 2:6
| ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ | عَلَيْهِمْ | سَوَآءٌ | كَفَرُوا۟ | ٱلَّذِينَ | إِنَّ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| আ-আনযারতাহুম / aʾandhartahum | 'আলাইহিম / ʿalayhim | সাওয়া-উন / sawāʾun | কাফারূ / kafarū | আল্লাযীনা / alladhīna | ইন্না / inna |
| whether you gave them warning | upon them | flat and level, even | covered over, buried the seed | those who | pointing-fist, indeed |
| يُؤْمِنُونَ | لَا | تُنذِرْهُمْ | لَمْ | أَمْ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইউ'মিনূনা / yuʾminūna | লা / lā | তুনযিরহুম / tundhirhum | লাম / lam | আম / am |
| they give trust | not | you warn them | did not | or |
As for those who have covered it over, it is level ground to them whether you warned them or did not warn them. They will not trust.
Q 2:7
| سَمْعِهِمْ | وَعَلَىٰ | قُلُوبِهِمْ | عَلَىٰ | ٱللَّهُ | خَتَمَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| সাম'ইহিম / samʿihim | ওয়া 'আলা / wa-ʿalā | ক্বুলূবিহিম / qulūbihim | 'আলা / ʿalā | আল্লাহু ﷻ / Allāhu | খাতামা / khatama |
| their hearing | and upon | their turning-over hearts | upon | the Divine Name | pressed the signet, stamped shut |
| عَظِيمٌ | عَذَابٌ | وَلَهُمْ | غِشَٰوَةٌ | أَبْصَٰرِهِمْ | وَعَلَىٰٓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 'আযীম / ʿaẓīm | 'আযা-বুন / ʿadhābun | ওয়া লাহুম / wa-lahum | গিশা-ওয়াতুন / ghishāwatun | আবসা-রিহিম / abṣārihim | ওয়া 'আলা / wa-ʿalā |
| bone-massive, immense | torment, withholding punishment | and for them | an overspread film, veil-cover | their eyesights | and over |
Allah ﷻ has set a seal on their hearts and on their hearing, and over their eyes is a covering. For them is a massive torment.
Q 2:8
| بِٱللَّهِ | ءَامَنَّا | يَقُولُ | مَن | ٱلنَّاسِ | وَمِنَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| বিল্লাহি ﷻ / billāhi | আ-মান্না / āmannā | ইয়াক্বূলু / yaqūlu | মান / man | আন-না-স / an-nās | ওয়া মিনা / wa-mina |
| in the Divine Name | we have given trust | says | whoever | the swaying, moving people | and among |
| بِمُؤْمِنِينَ | هُم | وَمَا | ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ | وَبِٱلْيَوْمِ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| বিমু'মিনীন / bimuʾminīn | হুম / hum | ওয়ামা / wamā | আল-আ-খির / al-ākhir | ওয়া বিল-ইয়াওমি / wa-bil-yawmi |
| trust-givers at all | they | and not | the hindmost, the last | and in the day |
And among the people are those who say we trust in Allah ﷻ and in the last day, while they are not trusting.
Q 2:9
| وَمَا | ءَامَنُوا۟ | وَٱلَّذِينَ | ٱللَّهَ | يُخَٰدِعُونَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ওয়ামা / wamā | আ-মানূ / āmanū | ওয়াল্লাযীনা / walladhīna | আল্লাহা ﷻ / Allāha | ইউখা-দি'ঊনা / yukhādiʿūna |
| and not | gave trust | and those who | the Divine Name | seek to burrow-hide, deceive |
| يَشْعُرُونَ | وَمَا | أَنفُسَهُمْ | إِلَّآ | يَخْدَعُونَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইয়াশ'উরূনা / yashʿurūna | ওয়ামা / wamā | আনফুসাহুম / anfusahum | ইল্লা / illā | ইয়াখদা'ঊনা / yakhdaʿūna |
| they feel it, hair-fine sensing | and not | their own breath-selves | except | they deceive |
They try to outwit Allah ﷻ and those who trust, and they outwit none but themselves, and they do not sense it.
Q 2:10
| مَرَضًا | ٱللَّهُ | فَزَادَهُمُ | مَّرَضٌ | قُلُوبِهِم | فِى |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| মারাদান / maraḍan | আল্লাহু ﷻ / Allāhu | ফাযা-দাহুমু / fazādahumu | মারাদুন / maraḍun | ক্বুলূবিহিম / qulūbihim | ফী / fī |
| in sickness | the Divine Name | so He increased them | a weakening sickness | their turning hearts | inside, in the belly of |
| يَكْذِبُونَ | كَانُوا۟ | بِمَا | أَلِيمٌۢ | عَذَابٌ | وَلَهُمْ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইয়াকযিবূনা / yakdhibūna | কা-নূ / kānū | বিমা / bimā | আলীম / alīm | 'আযা-বুন / ʿadhābun | ওয়া লাহুম / wa-lahum |
| speaking false | they used to be | for what | stinging-painful | torment | and for them |
In their hearts is a sickness, so Allah ﷻ increased them in sickness, and for them is a painful torment because they used to lie.
Q 2:11
| فِى | تُفْسِدُوا۟ | لَا | لَهُمْ | قِيلَ | وَإِذَا |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ফী / fī | তুফসিদূ / tufsidū | লা / lā | লাহুম / lahum | ক্বীলা / qīla | ওয়া ইযা / wa-idhā |
| in | spread rot, spoil the flesh | do not | to them | it is said | and when |
| مُصْلِحُونَ | نَحْنُ | إِنَّمَا | قَالُوٓا۟ | ٱلْأَرْضِ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| মুসলিহূন / muṣliḥūn | নাহনু / naḥnu | ইন্নামা / innamā | ক্বা-লূ / qālū | আল-আরদ / al-arḍ |
| menders, makers-sound | we | nothing but, only | they said | the ground, the earth |
And when it is said to them do not spread corruption in the land, they say we are only setting things right.
Q 2:12
| يَشْعُرُونَ | لَّا | وَلَٰكِن | ٱلْمُفْسِدُونَ | هُمُ | إِنَّهُمْ | أَلَآ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইয়াশ'উরূনা / yashʿurūna | লা / lā | ওয়ালা-কিন / walākin | আল-মুফসিদূন / al-mufsidūn | হুমু / humu | ইন্নাহুম / innahum | আলা / alā |
| they sense it | not | but | the rot-spreaders | they are | indeed they | look out, take note |
Take note. They are the corrupters, but they do not sense it.
Q 2:13
| ٱلنَّاسُ | ءَامَنَ | كَمَآ | ءَامِنُوا۟ | لَهُمْ | قِيلَ | وَإِذَا |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| আন-না-সু / an-nāsu | আ-মানা / āmana | কামা / kamā | আ-মিনূ / āminū | লাহুম / lahum | ক্বীলা / qīla | ওয়া ইযা / wa-idhā |
| the people | gave trust | just as | give trust | to them | it is said | and when |
| أَلَآ | ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ | ءَامَنَ | كَمَآ | أَنُؤْمِنُ | قَالُوٓا۟ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| আলা / alā | আস-সুফাহা-উ / as-sufahāʾu | আ-মানা / āmana | কামা / kamā | আনু'মিনু / anuʾminu | ক্বা-লূ / qālū |
| take note | the light-weight, flimsy-witted | gave trust | just as | shall we give trust | they said |
| يَعْلَمُونَ | لَّا | وَلَٰكِن | ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ | هُمُ | إِنَّهُمْ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইয়া'লামূনা / yaʿlamūna | লা / lā | ওয়ালা-কিন / walākin | আস-সুফাহা-উ / as-sufahāʾu | হুমু / humu | ইন্নাহুম / innahum |
| they know the mark | not | but | the light-witted | they are | indeed they |
And when it is said to them trust as the people have trusted, they say shall we trust as the fools have trusted. Take note. They are the fools, but they do not know.
Q 2:14
| ءَامَنَّا | قَالُوٓا۟ | ءَامَنُوا۟ | ٱلَّذِينَ | لَقُوا۟ | وَإِذَا |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| আ-মান্না / āmannā | ক্বা-লূ / qālū | আ-মানূ / āmanū | আল্লাযীনা / alladhīna | লাক্বূ / laqū | ওয়া ইযা / wa-idhā |
| we have trusted | they said | gave trust | those who | they met face to face | and when |
| إِنَّا | قَالُوٓا۟ | شَيَٰطِينِهِمْ | إِلَىٰ | خَلَوْا۟ | وَإِذَا |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইন্না / innā | ক্বা-লূ / qālū | শায়া-তীনিহিম / shayāṭīnihim | ইলা / ilā | খালাও / khalaw | ওয়া ইযা / wa-idhā |
| indeed we | they said | their far-strayed ones, devils | toward | withdrew into empty space | and when |
| مُسْتَهْزِءُونَ | نَحْنُ | إِنَّمَا | مَعَكُمْ |
|---|---|---|---|
| মুসতাহযিউন / mustahziʾūn | নাহনু / naḥnu | ইন্নামা / innamā | মা'আকুম / maʿakum |
| ones seeking to mock | we | only, nothing but | with you |
And when they meet those who trust they say we have trusted, and when they withdraw alone to their devils they say we are with you, we were only mocking.
Q 2:15
| يَعْمَهُونَ | طُغْيَٰنِهِمْ | فِى | وَيَمُدُّهُمْ | بِهِمْ | يَسْتَهْزِئُ | ٱللَّهُ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইয়া'মাহূনা / yaʿmahūna | তুগইয়া-নিহিম / ṭughyānihim | ফী / fī | ওয়া ইয়ামুদ্দুহুম / wa-yamudduhum | বিহিম / bihim | ইয়াসতাহযিউ / yastahziʾu | আল্লাহু ﷻ / Allāhu |
| groping, wandering sightless | their over-brimming flood-excess | inside | and stretches the rope for them | at them | turns the mockery back | the Divine Name |
Allah ﷻ mocks them and extends them in their overflowing excess, wandering blind.
Q 2:16
| فَمَا | بِٱلْهُدَىٰ | ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ | ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ | ٱلَّذِينَ | أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ফামা / famā | বিল-হুদা / bil-hudā | আদ-দলা-লাতা / aḍ-ḍalālata | ইশতারাউ / ishtarawu | আল্লাযীনা / alladhīna | উলা-ইকা / ulāʾika |
| so not | at the price of guidance | the trackless straying | bought, traded across the counter | are they who | those ones |
| مُهْتَدِينَ | كَانُوا۟ | وَمَا | تِّجَٰرَتُهُمْ | رَبِحَت |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| মুহতাদীন / muhtadīn | কা-নূ / kānū | ওয়ামা / wamā | তিজা-রাতুহুম / tijāratuhum | রাবিহাত / rabiḥat |
| track-followers, guided ones | were they | and not | their caravan-trade | turned a profit |
Those are the ones who purchased straying at the price of guidance, so their trade turned no profit, and they were not guided.
Q 2:17
| فَلَمَّآ | نَارًا | ٱسْتَوْقَدَ | ٱلَّذِى | كَمَثَلِ | مَثَلُهُمْ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ফালাম্মা / falammā | না-রান / nāran | ইসতাওক্বাদা / istawqada | আল্লাযী / alladhī | কামাসালি / kamathali | মাসালুহুম / mathaluhum |
| then when | a fire | struck up fuel, kindled | of one who | is as the likeness | their standing-likeness |
| بِنُورِهِمْ | ٱللَّهُ | ذَهَبَ | حَوْلَهُۥ | مَا | أَضَآءَتْ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| বিনূরিহিম / binūrihim | আল্লাহু ﷻ / Allāhu | যাহাবা / dhahaba | হাওলাহু / ḥawlahu | মা / mā | আদা-আত / aḍāʾat |
| with their light | the Divine Name | went off carrying | encircled him, around him | what | it blazed light |
| يُبْصِرُونَ | لَّا | ظُلُمَٰتٍ | فِى | وَتَرَكَهُمْ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইউবসিরূনা / yubṣirūna | লা / lā | যুলুমা-তিন / ẓulumātin | ফী / fī | ওয়া তারাকাহুম / wa-tarakahum |
| they discern with the eye | not | layered darknesses | inside | and left them behind |
Their likeness is that of one who kindled a fire, and when it lit up what was around him, Allah ﷻ took away their light and left them in layers of darkness, unseeing.
Q 2:18
| يَرْجِعُونَ | لَا | فَهُمْ | عُمْىٌ | بُكْمٌ | صُمٌّۢ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইয়ারজি'ঊনা / yarjiʿūna | লা / lā | ফাহুম / fahum | 'উমইউন / ʿumyun | বুকমুন / bukmun | সুম্মুন / ṣummun |
| they turn back, return | not | so they | eye-covered blind | tongue-tied mute | plugged, stopped-up deaf |
Deaf, dumb, blind. So they will not return.
Q 2:19
| وَرَعْدٌ | ظُلُمَٰتٌ | فِيهِ | ٱلسَّمَآءِ | مِّنَ | كَصَيِّبٍ | أَوْ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ওয়া রা'দুন / wa-raʿdun | যুলুমা-তুন / ẓulumātun | ফীহি / fīhi | আস-সামা-ই / as-samāʾi | মিনা / mina | কাসাইয়িবিন / kaṣayyibin | আও / aw |
| and trembling thunder | layered darknesses | within it | the raised height, the sky | from | like a downpour striking its mark | or |
| ٱلصَّوَٰعِقِ | مِّنَ | ءَاذَانِهِم | فِىٓ | أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ | يَجْعَلُونَ | وَبَرْقٌ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| আস-সাওয়া-'ইক্বি / aṣ-ṣawāʿiqi | মিনা / mina | আ-যা-নিহিম / ādhānihim | ফী / fī | আসা-বি'আহুম / aṣābiʿahum | ইয়াজ'আলূনা / yajʿalūna | ওয়া বারক্বুন / wa-barqun |
| the stunning thunderbolts | from | their ears | into | their fingers | they place, thrust | and flashing lightning |
| بِٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ | مُحِيطٌۢ | وَٱللَّهُ | ٱلْمَوْتِ | حَذَرَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| বিল-কা-ফিরীন / bil-kāfirīn | মুহীতুন / muḥīṭun | ওয়াল্লাহু ﷻ / wallāhu | আল-মাওতি / al-mawti | হাযারা / ḥadhara |
| the coverers-over | walling around, encompassing | and the Divine Name | the death | in wary dread of |
Or like a cloudburst from the sky carrying darkness, thunder and lightning. They thrust their fingers into their ears against the thunderbolts, in dread of death. And Allah ﷻ encompasses those who cover the truth.
Q 2:20
| لَهُم | أَضَآءَ | كُلَّمَآ | أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ | يَخْطَفُ | ٱلْبَرْقُ | يَكَادُ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| লাহুম / lahum | আদা-আ / aḍāʾa | কুল্লামা / kullamā | আবসা-রাহুম / abṣārahum | ইয়াখতাফু / yakhṭafu | আল-বারক্বু / al-barqu | ইয়াকা-দু / yakādu |
| for them | it blazed light | every time that | their eyesights | snatching away swiftly | the flashing lightning | is on the verge of |
| وَلَوْ | قَامُوا۟ | عَلَيْهِمْ | أَظْلَمَ | وَإِذَآ | فِيهِ | مَّشَوْا۟ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ওয়ালাও / walaw | ক্বা-মূ / qāmū | 'আলাইহিম / ʿalayhim | আযলামা / aẓlama | ওয়া ইযা / wa-idhā | ফীহি / fīhi | মাশাও / mashaw |
| and if | they stood stock-still | over them | it went dark | and when | in it | they stepped forward, walked |
| إِنَّ | وَأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ | بِسَمْعِهِمْ | لَذَهَبَ | ٱللَّهُ | شَآءَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ইন্না / inna | ওয়া আবসা-রিহিম / wa-abṣārihim | বিসাম'ইহিম / bisamʿihim | লাযাহাবা / ladhahaba | আল্লাহু ﷻ / Allāhu | শা-আ / shāʾa |
| indeed | and their eyesights | their hearing | He would have carried off | the Divine Name | willed, inclined |
| قَدِيرٌ | شَىْءٍ | كُلِّ | عَلَىٰ | ٱللَّهَ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ক্বাদীর / qadīr | শাইইন / shayʾin | কুল্লি / kulli | 'আলা / ʿalā | আল্লাহা ﷻ / Allāha |
| measurer-out, all-powerful | thing willed into being | the whole of, every | over | the Divine Name |
The lightning almost snatches away their sight. Whenever it lights the way for them they walk in it, and when darkness falls over them they stand still. Had Allah ﷻ willed, He would have taken their hearing and their sight. Indeed Allah ﷻ is powerful over everything.