The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
Page #34
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كُتِبَ
عَلَيْكُمُ
الْقِتَالُ
وَهُوَ
كُرْهٌ
لَّكُمْ
وَعَسَى
أَن
تَكْرَهُوا
شَيْئًا
وَهُوَ
خَيْرٌ
لَّكُمْ
وَعَسَى
أَن
تُحِبُّوا
شَيْئًا
وَهُوَ
شَرٌّ
لَّكُمْ
وَاللَّهُ
يَعْلَمُ
وَأَنتُمْ
لَا
تَعْلَمُونَ
kutiba ʿalaykumu l-qitālu wa-huwa kurhun lakum wa-ʿasā ʾan takrahū shayʾan wa-huwa khayrun lakum wa-ʿasā ʾan tuḥibbū shayʾan wa-huwa sharrun lakum wa-llāhu yaʿlamu wa-ʾantum lā taʿlamūna
Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.
— Abdullah Yusufali
Warfare has been prescribed for you, though it is repulsive to you. Yet it may be that you dislike something, which is good for you, and it may be that you love something, which is bad for you, and Allah knows and you do not know.
