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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 27of 286

ٱلَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ ٱللَّهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مِيثَٰقِهِۦ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَآ أَمَرَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِۦٓ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ﴿٢٧

Translation (Sahih International)

Who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
يَنقُضُونَyanquḍūnabreak
عَهْدَʿahda(the) Covenant
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
مِيثَـٰقِهِۦmīthāqihiits ratification
وَيَقْطَعُونَwayaqṭaʿūnaand [they] cut
مَآwhat
أَمَرَamarahas ordered
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِهِۦٓbihiit
أَنanto
يُوصَلَyūṣalabe joined
وَيُفْسِدُونَwayuf'sidūnaand [they] spread corruption
فِىin
ٱلْأَرْضِ ۚl-arḍithe earth
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
هُمُhumuthey
ٱلْخَـٰسِرُونَl-khāsirūna(are) the losers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

In his Tafsir, As-Suddi reported that Ibn `Abbas, Ibn Mas`ud, and some Companions said; "When Allah gave these two examples of the hypocrites" meaning Allah's statements, مَثَلُهُمْ كَمَثَلِ الَّذِى اسْتَوْقَدَ نَاراً (Their likeness is as the likeness of one who kindled a fire), and, أَوْ كَصَيِّبٍ مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ (Or like a rainstorm from the sky), "The hypocrites said, `Allah's far more exalted than for Him to make such examples.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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