2: Surah Al-Baqarah - Part 75
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إِنَّمَا
innamā
Only
يَأْمُرُكُم
yamurukum
he commands you
بِٱلسُّوٓءِ
bil-sūi
to (do) the evil
وَٱلْفَحْشَآءِ
wal-faḥshāi
and the shameful
وَأَن
wa-an
and that
تَقُولُوا۟
taqūlū
you say
عَلَى
ʿalā
about
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
مَا
what
لَا
not
تَعْلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
you know
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وَإِذَا
wa-idhā
And when
قِيلَ
qīla
it is said
لَهُمُ
lahumu
to them
ٱتَّبِعُوا۟
ittabiʿū
Follow
مَآ
what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
قَالُوا۟
qālū
they said
بَلْ
bal
Nay
نَتَّبِعُ
nattabiʿu
we follow
مَآ
what
أَلْفَيْنَا
alfaynā
we found
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
[on it]
ءَابَآءَنَآ ۗ
ābāanā
our forefathers (following)
أَوَلَوْ
awalaw
Even though
كَانَ
kāna
[were]
ءَابَآؤُهُمْ
ābāuhum
their forefathers
لَا
(did) not
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
understand
شَيْـًۭٔا
shayan
anything
وَلَا
walā
and not
يَهْتَدُونَ
yahtadūna
were they guided
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وَمَثَلُ
wamathalu
And (the) example
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
كَمَثَلِ
kamathali
(is) like (the) example
ٱلَّذِى
alladhī
(of) the one who
يَنْعِقُ
yanʿiqu
shouts
بِمَا
bimā
at what
لَا
not
يَسْمَعُ
yasmaʿu
(does) hear
إِلَّا
illā
except
دُعَآءًۭ
duʿāan
calls
وَنِدَآءًۭ ۚ
wanidāan
and cries
صُمٌّۢ
ṣummun
deaf
بُكْمٌ
buk'mun
dumb
عُمْىٌۭ
ʿum'yun
(and) blind
فَهُمْ
fahum
[so] they
لَا
(do) not
يَعْقِلُونَ
yaʿqilūna
understand
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