The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة

al-Baqarah (The Cow)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

2:217

يَسْأَلُونَكَ

عَنِ

الشَّهْرِ

الْحَرَامِ

قِتَالٍ

فِيهِ

قُلْ

قِتَالٌ

فِيهِ

كَبِيرٌ

وَصَدٌّ

عَن

سَبِيلِ

اللَّهِ

وَكُفْرٌ

بِهِ

وَالْمَسْجِدِ

الْحَرَامِ

وَإِخْرَاجُ

أَهْلِهِ

مِنْهُ

أَكْبَرُ

عِندَ

اللَّهِ

وَالْفِتْنَةُ

أَكْبَرُ

مِنَ

الْقَتْلِ

وَلَا

يَزَالُونَ

يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ

حَتَّى

يَرُدُّوكُمْ

عَن

دِينِكُمْ

إِنِ

اسْتَطَاعُوا

وَمَن

يَرْتَدِدْ

مِنكُمْ

عَن

دِينِهِ

فَيَمُتْ

وَهُوَ

كَافِرٌ

فَأُولَئِكَ

حَبِطَتْ

أَعْمَالُهُمْ

فِي

الدُّنْيَا

وَالْآخِرَةِ

وَأُولَئِكَ

أَصْحَابُ

النَّارِ

هُمْ

فِيهَا

خَالِدُونَ

yasʾalūnaka ʿani sh-shahri l-ḥarāmi qitālin fīhi qul qitālun fīhi kabīrun wa-ṣaddun ʿan sabīli llāhi wa-kufrun bihī wa-l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi wa-ʾikhrāju ʾahlihī minhu ʾakbaru ʿinda llāhi wa-l-fitnatu ʾakbaru mina l-qatli wa-lā yazālūna yuqātilūnakum ḥattā yaruddūkum ʿan dīnikum ʾini staṭāʿū wa-man yartadid minkum ʿan dīnihī fa-yamut wa-huwa kāfirun fa-ʾulāʾika ḥabiṭat ʾaʿmāluhum d-dunyā wa-l-ʾākhirati wa-ʾulāʾika ʾaṣḥābu n-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna

(Muhammad), they ask you about fighting in the sacred month. Tell them that it is a great sin. However, creating an obstacle in the way of God, disbelief in Him and the Sacred Mosque, and driving away the neighbors of the Sacred Mosque is an even greater sin in the sight of God: Disbelief in God is worse than committing murder. (The pagans) still try to fight you to make you give up your religion. The deeds in this life of those of you who give up their religion and who die disbelievers will be made void and in the life hereafter. These people will be the dwellers of Hell wherein they will remain forever.

Muhammad Sarwar