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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 123

سورة البقرة، الآية ١٢٣

2:123 Juz 1 Hizb 2 Page 19 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:123

وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا تَنفَعُهَا شَفَٰعَةٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ ۝١٢٣

Transliteration

wa-ittaqū yawman lā tajzī nafsun ʿan nafsin shayan walā yuq'balu min'hā ʿadlun walā tanfaʿuhā shafāʿatun walā hum yunṣarūna

Translation

And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul40 at all, and no compensation will be accepted from it, nor will any intercession benefit it, nor will they be aided.

Notes

[40] See footnote to 2:48.

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Verse 123 of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:123), a Medinan surah, is in juz 1, on page 19 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 69 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 123

Al-Mukhtasar

Protect yourself from the torment of the Day of Return by following the instructions of Allah and keeping away from what He has prohibited, because on that day no soul will be able to help another soul in any way; no ransom will be accepted for it, no matter how great; and no one pleading on its behalf will benefit it, no matter how high their position. On that day, a soul will have no helper other than Allah.

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Other translations of verse 123

And beware of the Day when no one will avail another in any way; no compensation will be accepted, and no intercession will benefit it, nor will they be helped.

And fear the Day (of Judgement) when no person shall avail another, nor shall compensation be accepted from him, nor shall intercession be of use to him, nor shall they be helped.

And guard (yourselves) against a day when no soul will in aught avail another, nor will compensation be accepted from it, nor will intercession be of use to it; nor will they be helped.

Then guard yourselves against a-Day when one soul shall not avail another, nor shall compensation be accepted from her nor shall intercession profit her nor shall anyone be helped (from outside).

And be on your guard against a day when no soul shall avail another in the least neither shall any compensation be accepted from it, nor shall intercession profit it, nor shall they be helped.

And protect (yourselves) against a Day (when) no self will recompense for (another) self (in) anything. And no justice (i.e. just compensation) will be accepted from it nor will any intercession profit it; neither will they be vindicated.

Verse 123 word by word

  1. وَٱتَّقُوا۟ wa-ittaqū And fear و ق ي
  2. يَوْمًا yawman a day ي و م
  3. لَّا lā not
  4. تَجْزِى tajzī will avail ج ز ي
  5. نَفْسٌ nafsun a soul ن ف س
  6. عَن ʿan (of)
  7. نَّفْسٍ nafsin (another) soul ن ف س
  8. شَيْـًٔا shayan anything ش ي أ
  9. وَلَا walā and not
  10. يُقْبَلُ yuq'balu will be accepted ق ب ل
  11. مِنْهَا min'hā from it
  12. عَدْلٌ ʿadlun any compensation ع د ل
  13. وَلَا walā and not
  14. تَنفَعُهَا tanfaʿuhā will benefit it ن ف ع
  15. شَفَٰعَةٌ shafāʿatun any intercession ش ف ع
  16. وَلَا walā and not
  17. هُمْ hum they
  18. يُنصَرُونَ yunṣarūna will be helped ن ص ر

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  • Al-Baqarah 2:48

    وَٱتَّقُوا۟ يَوْمًا لَّا تَجْزِى نَفْسٌ عَن نَّفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُقْبَلُ مِنْهَا شَفَٰعَةٌ وَلَا يُؤْخَذُ مِنْهَا عَدْلٌ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    And fear a Day when no soul will suffice for another soul at all, nor will intercession be accepted from it, nor will compensation be taken from it, nor will they be aided.

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