The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:206
وَإِذَا
قِيلَ
لَهُ
اتَّقِ
اللَّهَ
أَخَذَتْهُ
الْعِزَّةُ
بِالْإِثْمِ
فَحَسْبُهُ
جَهَنَّمُ
وَلَبِئْسَ
الْمِهَادُ
wa-ʾidhā qīla lahu ttaqi llāha ʾakhadhathu l-ʿizzatu bi-l-ʾithmi fa-ḥasbuhū jahannamu wa-la-biʾsa l-mihādu
When they are asked to have fear of God, sinful pride prevents them from paying heed to such advice. It is enough for them to have hell as a terrible dwelling place.
