The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة

Al Baqarah (The Cow)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

2:30
2:30

wa-ʾidh qāla rabbuka li-l-malāʾikati ʾinnī jāʿilun l-ʾarḍi khalīfatan qālū ʾa-tajʿalu fīhā man yufsidu fīhā wa-yasfiku d-dimāʾa wa-naḥnu nusabbiḥu bi-ḥamdika wa-nuqaddisu laka qāla ʾinnī ʾaʿlamu taʿlamūna

When your Lord said to the angels, ‘Indeed I am going to set a viceroy on the earth,’ they said, ‘Will You set in it someone who will cause corruption in it and shed blood, while we celebrate Your praise and proclaim Your sanctity?’ He said, ‘Indeed I know what you do not know.’

Ali Quli Qarai