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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 72

سورة البقرة، الآية ٧٢

2:72 Juz 1 Hizb 1 Page 11 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:72

وَإِذْ قَتَلْتُمْ نَفْسًا فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ فِيهَا وَٱللَّهُ مُخْرِجٌ مَّا كُنتُمْ تَكْتُمُونَ ۝٧٢

Transliteration

wa-idh qataltum nafsan fa-iddāratum fīhā wal-lahu mukh'rijun mā kuntum taktumūna

Translation

And [recall] when you slew a man and disputed30 over it, but Allāh was to bring out that which you were concealing.

Notes

[30] i.e., exchanged accusations and denials.

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Tafsir of verse 72

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah reminds the Israelites about when they killed one of their own. They accused each other of it, each rejecting the accusation of having killed him, and accusing someone else, until they fought. But Allah revealed what they were hiding about the murder of the innocent person.

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Other translations of verse 72

And [remember] when you [Israelites] slew a man and disputed as to who the killer was, but Allah exposed what you were concealing.

And (remember) when you killed a man and fell into dispute among yourselves as to the crime. But Allâh brought forth that which you were hiding.

And (remember) when ye slew a man and disagreed concerning it and Allah brought forth that which ye were hiding.

Remember ye slew a man and fell into a dispute among yourselves as to the crime: But Allah was to bring forth what ye did hide.

And when you killed a man, then you disagreed with respect to that, and Allah was to bring forth that which you were going to hide.

And (remember) as you killed a self, (and) so you parried about it, and Allah is to bring out whatever you were keeping back.

Verse 72 word by word

  1. وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
  2. قَتَلْتُمْ qataltum you killed ق ت ل
  3. نَفْسًا nafsan a man ن ف س
  4. فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ fa-iddāratum then you disputed د ر أ
  5. فِيهَا fīhā concerning it
  6. وَٱللَّهُ wal-lahu but Allah
  7. مُخْرِجٌ mukh'rijun (is) the One Who brought forth خ ر ج
  8. مَّا mā what
  9. كُنتُمْ kuntum you were ك و ن
  10. تَكْتُمُونَ taktumūna concealing ك ت م

Verses related to verse 72

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Baqarah 2:56

    ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَٰكُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    Then We revived you after your death that perhaps you would be grateful.

  • Ya-Sin 36:33–35

    وَءَايَةٌ لَّهُمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ ٱلْمَيْتَةُ أَحْيَيْنَٰهَا وَأَخْرَجْنَا مِنْهَا حَبًّا فَمِنْهُ يَأْكُلُونَ …

    And a sign for them is the dead earth. We have brought it to life and brought forth from it grain, and from it they eat. …

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