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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 73of 286

فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

So, We said, "Strike the slain man with part of it." Thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.

Word-by-word meaning

فَقُلْنَاfaqul'nāSo We said
ٱضْرِبُوهُiḍ'ribūhuStrike him
بِبَعْضِهَا ۚbibaʿḍihāwith a part of it
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLike this
يُحْىِyuḥ'yīrevives
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
ٱلْمَوْتَىٰl-mawtāthe dead
وَيُرِيكُمْwayurīkumand shows you
ءَايَـٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Signs
لَعَلَّكُمْlaʿallakumperhaps you may
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnause your intellect

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Bringing the murdered Man back to LifeAl-Bukhari said that, فَادَرَأْتُمْ فِيهَا(And disagreed among yourselves as to the crime) means, "Disputed." This is also the Tafsir of Mujahid. `Ata' Al-Khurasani and Ad-Dahhak said, "Disputed about this matter." Also, Ibn Jurayj said that, وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًا فَادَرَأْتُمْ فِيهَا(And (remember) when you killed a man and disagreed among yourselves as to the crime) means, some of them said, "You killed him," while the others said, "No you killed him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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