← Surah 2

2:16

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ

Word by word

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ
Those
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
أُو۟لَٰٓئِNoun — demonstrative، preposition
كَPreposition — addressee، suffix، masculine
ٱلَّذِينَ
(are) the ones who
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلَّذِينَNoun — relative، masc. plur.
ٱشْتَرَوُا۟
bought
Verb
Root: شري
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱشْتَرَVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وُا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ
[the] astraying
Noun
Root: ضلل
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلPreposition — definite، prefix
ضَّلَٰلَةَNoun — feminine، accusative
بِٱلْهُدَىٰ
for [the] guidance
Noun
Root: هدي
Grammar (i'rab)
بِPreposition — preposition، prefix
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
هُدَىٰNoun — masculine، genitive
فَمَا
So not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
فَPreposition — resumption، prefix
مَاPreposition — negative
رَبِحَت
profited
Verb
Root: ربح
Grammar (i'rab)
رَبِحَتVerb — perfect، 3rd fem. sing.
تِّجَٰرَتُهُمْ
their commerce
Noun
Root: تجر
Grammar (i'rab)
تِّجَٰرَتُNoun — feminine، nominative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
وَمَا
and not
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
مَاPreposition — negative
كَانُوا۟
were they
Verb
Root: كون
Grammar (i'rab)
كَانُVerb — perfect، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
مُهْتَدِينَ
guided-ones
Noun
Root: هدي
Grammar (i'rab)
مُهْتَدِينَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، accusative

Translation

EN

These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, and they have lost true direction,

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

They have bought error in exchange for guidance, so their trade reaps no profit, and they are not rightly guided.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their commerce doth not prosper, neither are they guided.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Onlar, doğruluk yerine sapıklığı aldılar da alışverişleri kar getirmedi; doğru yolu bulamamışlardı.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

İşte onlar o kimselerdir ki, hidayet karşılığında sapıklığı satın aldılar da, ticaretleri kâr etmedi, doğru yolu da bulamadılar.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

İşte onlar hidayet karşılığında sapkınlığı satın alanlardır. Onların (bu) ticareti kazançlı olmamış ve kendileri de doğru yola girmemiştir.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

أولئك المنافقون باعوا أنفسهم في صفقة خاسرة، فأخذوا الكفر، وتركوا الإيمان، فما كسبوا شيئًا، بل خَسِروا الهداية. وهذا هو الخسران المبين.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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