WordtoWord Translation of Surah AlBaqarah Ayah 74 82

Word-to-Word Translation of : Surah Al-Baqarah Ayah 74 -82 By: Momina Mateen Juz 1

And Indeed From after this Or So it. “It” refers to the heart Like the stones It comes from ﺵ ﺩ ﺩ. It means to tie a strong firm knot. In hardness Your hearts. The ‘you’ refers to Bani Israel. Then It hardened. The root letters are ﻕ ﺱ ﻭ. It means hard/solid. It is usually used for the hardness of the heart. One who is deprived of the feelings of mercy. Why? Because of sins

From it So comes out From the stones Surely that which Splits open. ﺵ ﻕ ﻕ is the root. This means to erupt. The tearing of a firm thing. Huge and firm objects. The rivers And indeed From it Surely that which Erupts/gushes forth. The root is ﻑ ﺝ ﺭ. This erupting is on a vast scale but here it is used for a gushing of a river.

From it You are doing From that which Falls down And not is Allah At all unaware. The water Surely that which From the fear of Allah. The root is ﺥ ﺵ ﻱ. It means to fear. A fear that is present due to the greatness of someone. This fear develops when man gets the knowledge of something. And indeed From it (the stones)

From them (the Jews) was They believe (Jews) For you They listen. The root is ﺱ ﻡ ﻉ And in fact A group. It comes from ﻑ ﺭ ﻕ which means to separate. This is a group of scholars That Then do you (muslims) hope? ﻁ ﻡ ﻉ means to expect or hope, to be greedy. Usually it comes for a negative desire. But it could also be for hope. Here it is for hope.

And they know W They understood it. The root is H ﻉ ﻕ ﻝ. It is used for time but it A can be used for understanding. T After this Distorts it. This word comes from ﺡ ﺭ ﻑ and this literally means edge. It means to turn something from its correct position to the other side. Then Words of Allah

And when are alone some of them to some (i. e. When the Jews met their elderly or their scholars in privacy, where there were no Muslims) They said And when they (the Jews) met We believe Those who The ones who believe

near With it (these proofs) Because of that which Allah opened upon you They (The Muslims) may dispute you (The Jews). The root letters are ﺡ ﺝ ﺝ. It means to dispute with each other in order to reinforce the viewpoint or proof They said Do you tell them? The root is ﺡ ﺩ ﺙ. It means a word or talk.

Your Rabb Do you have no intellect?

And what they disclosed He knows That which they hide (the truth) Do they (Jews) not know Indeed Allah

Except Those who have no knowledge of the book And they Hopes/de sires/fant asies They suppose (about the hereafter) Except And from them (the Jews) Illiterate ones. It is derived from ﺍﻣﻲ. This is an illiterate person who does not have any formal education and his knowledge is only that which his mother gave him. In this ayah, Allah is calling the ones who have no knowledge of the book illiterate

They (their scholars say) This With their hands They (the Jewish scholars) write the books or the rulings Then From To those who So woe destruction

Wrote At a petty price From what So woe (the scholars) to them So that they sell. With it (the book) Near Allah

From what And destruction is for them They earn. The root is ﻙ ﺱ ﺏ. It means to earn. It is used for the work done for an advantage Their hands (the book)

Except Near Say Numbered. The root is ﻉ ﺩ ﺩ. It means to count. Have you (ones who say this) made or take Will never touch us the fire. The root is ﻡ ﺱ ﺱ. It means to touch the body. A few days They (the common people) said

Against Allah What You don’t know Any promise You say So will never Will go against Allah Or His covenant

Then these people (Those who do bad/evil) With it Why not And encompassed His fault. The root letters are ﺥ ﻁ ﺀ. It means a fault. To move from the real place or real purpose Who ever He earned Any evil, the root is ﺱ ﻭ ﺀ. It means to be ugly or disliked. Usually it is used for apparent ugliness or a materially bad thing