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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 176

سورة البقرة، الآية ١٧٦

2:176 Juz 2 Hizb 3 Page 26 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:176

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍ ۝١٧٦

Transliteration

dhālika bi-anna l-laha nazzala l-kitāba bil-ḥaqi wa-inna alladhīna ikh'talafū fī l-kitābi lafī shiqāqin baʿīdin

Translation

That is [deserved by them] because Allāh has sent down the Book in truth. And indeed, those who differ over the Book are in extreme dissension.

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Verse 176 of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:176), a Medinan surah, is in juz 2, on page 26 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 176

Al-Mukhtasar

That punishment is what they get for hiding knowledge and guidance, because Allah revealed the sacred scriptures in truth, which must be made clear and not hidden. Also, those who disagree with the sacred scripture, believing some of it and hiding some of it, have taken a position that is far from the truth.

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Other translations of verse 176

That is because Allah has sent down the Book in truth. And those who differ over the Book are surely in extreme dissension.

That is because Allâh has sent down the Book (the Qur’ân) in truth. And verily, those who disputed as regards the Book are far away in opposition.

That is because Allah hath revealed the Scripture with the truth. Lo! those who find (a cause of) disagreement in the Scripture are in open schism.

(Their doom is) because Allah sent down the Book in truth but those who seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism Far (from the purpose).

This is because Allah has revealed the Book with the truth; and surely those who go against the Book are in a great opposition.

That (is) because Allah has been sending down the Book with the Truth, and surely the ones who have differed about the Book are indeed in far- (reaching) opposition.

Verse 176 word by word

  1. ذَٰلِكَ dhālika That
  2. بِأَنَّ bi-anna (is) because
  3. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  4. نَزَّلَ nazzala revealed ن ز ل
  5. ٱلْكِتَٰبَ l-kitāba the Book ك ت ب
  6. بِٱلْحَقِّ bil-ḥaqi with [the] Truth ح ق ق
  7. وَإِنَّ wa-inna And indeed
  8. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those
  9. ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ ikh'talafū who differed خ ل ف
  10. فِى fī in
  11. ٱلْكِتَٰبِ l-kitābi the Book ك ت ب
  12. لَفِى lafī (are) surely in
  13. شِقَاقٍۭ shiqāqin schism ش ق ق
  14. بَعِيدٍ baʿīdin far ب ع د

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