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Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 16: meaning and tafsir

  • Verse 16 of 286
  • Juz 1
  • Medinan
  • 2:16

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ ۝١٦

They are those who purchased misguidance for guidance, but their trade was profitless, and they were not guided.

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16. It is they who are the fools, because they exchanged faith for disbelief; and this exchange did not help them in any way, because they lost their faith in Allah and lost the way to the truth.

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