The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:216
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 made mandatory for you, but you dislike it. You may not like something which, in fact, is for your good and something that you may love, in fact, may be evil. God knows, but you do not know.
