أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ فَمَآ أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ
Easy-read (simplified)oolaa'ika lladheena shtarawu d-dalaalata bil-hudaa wal-'adhaaba bil-maghfirati famaa asbarahum 'alaa n-naar
DIN 31635ʾūlāʾika llaḏīna štarawu ḍ-ḍalālata bil-hudā wal-ʿaḏāba bil-maġfirati famā ʾaṣbarahum ʿalā n-nāri
EditionTanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) ·Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
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It is they who exchange guidance for error, and forgiveness for punishment. But why do they insist on the Fire?
Talal Itani, ClearQuran ·ClearQuran, "God" edition, EPUB·Talal Itani / ClearQuran.com ·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International·retrieved 7 Sep 2026
Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com https://clearquran.com
Those are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, and torment at the price of pardon. How constant are they in their strife to reach the Fire
Translation Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired
Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran ·1930 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
They who sell guidance for error, and pardon for torment, how patient must they be of fire
Translation Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an ·1880 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
These are they who have bartered guidance for error, and pardon for torment; But how great their endurance in fire
Translation John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
John Medows Rodwell, English translation of the Qur'an ·1861 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
These are they who have sold direction for error, and pardon for punishment: But how great will their suffering be in the fire
Translation George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired
George Sale, English translation of the Qur'an ·1734 translation, digital edition of unverified printing·None — public domain work ·Public domain — copyright term expired·retrieved 24 Aug 2026
Ata këmbyen udhëzimin me humbje dhe mëshirën me dënim. Sa të durueshëm që janë ndaj Zjarrit!
এরাই তারা, যারা হিদায়াতের বিনিময়ে ভ্রষ্টতা এবং ক্ষমার পরিবর্তে শাস্তি ক্রয় করেছে। সুতরাং আগুন সহ্য করতে তারা কতই না ধৈর্যশীল!
To su oni koji umjesto Upute uzimaju zabludu, a umjesto oprosta patnju; kako li samo oni mogu da trpe Vatru?!
To su oni koji umjesto Upute uzimaju zabludu, a umjesto oprosta patnju; kako li samo oni mogu trpjeti Vatru?!
Ko ɓen ngoni soodirɓe majjere peewal, e lepte ya'fuya. kaawse ko muññoriɓe ka yiite!
ისინი, რომლებმაც იყიდეს [აირჩიეს] გზააბნეულობა სწორი გზის სანაცვლოდ და სასჯელი — მიტევების სანაცვლოდ. როგორღა აიტანენ ისინი ცეცხლს!
Jene sind es, die das Irregehen für die Rechtleitung erkauft haben und die Strafe für die Vergebung. Wie beharrlich (und unbeirrt) sie doch gegenüber dem (Höllen)feuer sind!
Είναι εκείνοι που αντάλλαξαν την καθοδήγηση με την πλάνη και τη συγχώρεση με την τιμωρία. Πόσο τολμηροί είναι αυτοί για (να κάνουν τις κακές πράξεις που θα τους ωθήσουν σε αυτή) τη Φωτιά!
यही लोग हैं, जिन्होंने हिदायत के बदले गुमराही तथा क्षमा के बदले यातना ख़रीद ली। तो वे आग पर कितना अधिक सब्र करने वाले हैं?
Quelli che comprano la perdizione con la Buona Guida, e la punizione con il perdono, quanta pazienza hanno di sopportare il Fuoco?
175. Tai yra tie, kurie nusipirko nuodėmę už Teisingo Vedimo kainą, ir kančią už Atleidimo kainą. Taigi, kokie jie drąsūs (atlikdami blogus darbus, kurie įstums juos) į Ugnį.
Isaan warra qajeelumaan jal’ina, araaramaan immoo azaaba bitataniidha, Sila maaltu ibiddarratti akkaan isaan obsisiise! [62]
Такие — те, которые купили заблуждение за верное руководство и наказание за прощение. Как же они терпеливы к адскому огню!
То су они који уместо Упуте изабрали заблуду, а уместо опроста патњу; како ли су само они неосетљиви на претњу Ватром?!
Hao ndio walionunua upotovu kwa uongofu, na adhabu kwa msamaha. Basi ni wavumilivu wa namna gani hawa kwa Moto!
Det är dessa som har bytt ut vägledning mot villfarelse och förlåtelse mot straff. Hur tålmodiga är de inte med elden!
Onlar doğru yolu bırakıp sapıklığı; mağfireti bırakıp azabı satın alan kimselerdir. Ateşe karşı ne kadar dayanıklıdırlar!
یہ وه لوگ ہیں جنہوں نے گمراہی کو ہدایت کے بدلے اور عذاب کو مغفرت کے بدلے خرید لیا ہے، یہ لوگ آگ کا عذاب کتنا برداشت کرنے والے ہیں۔
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إِنَّمَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْمَيْتَةَ وَٱلدَّمَ وَلَحْمَ ٱلْخِنزِيرِ وَمَآ أُهِلَّ بِهِۦ لِغَيْرِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَنِ ٱضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَلَا عَادٍ فَلَآ إِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)innamaa harrama 'alaykumu l-maytata wad-dama walahma l-khinzeeri wamaa uhilla bihi lighayri llaahi famani dturra ghayra baaghin walaa 'aadin falaa ithma 'alayhi inna llaaha ghafoorun raheem
DIN 31635ʾinnamā ḥarrama ʿalaykumu l-maytata wad-dama walaḥma l-ḫinzīri wamā ʾuhilla bihi liġayri llāhi famani ḍṭurra ġayra bāġin walā ʿādin falā ʾiṯma ʿalayhi ʾinna llāha ġafūrun raḥīmun
He has forbidden you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and what was dedicated to other than God. But if anyone is compelled, without desiring or exceeding, he commits no sin. God is Forgiving and Merciful.
He hath forbidden you only carrion, and blood, and swineflesh, and that which hath been immolated to (the name of) any other than Allah. But he who is driven by necessity, neither craving nor transgressing, it is no sin for him. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful
He has only forbidden for you what is dead, and blood, and flesh of swine, and whatsoever has been consecrated to other than God; but he who is forced, neither revolting nor transgressing, it is in no sin for him; verily, God is forgiving and merciful
But that which dieth of itself, and blood, and swine's flesh, and that over which any other name than that of God hath been invoked, is forbidden you. But he who shall partake of them by constraint, without lust or wilfulness, no sin shall be upon him. Verily God is Indulgent, Merciful
Verily he hath forbidden you to eat that which dieth of itself, and blood, and swine's flesh, and that on which any other name but God's hath been invocated. But he who is forced by necessity, not lusting, nor returning to transgress, it shall be no crime in him if he eat of those things, for God is gracious and merciful
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَيَشْتَرُونَ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِى بُطُونِهِمْ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارَ وَلَا يُكَلِّمُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَلَا يُزَكِّيهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Easy-read (simplified)inna lladheena yaktumoona maa anzala llaahu mina l-kitaabi wayashtaroona bihi thamanan qaleelan oolaa'ika maa ya'kuloona fee butoonihim illaa n-naara walaa yukallimuhumu llaahu yawma l-qiyaamati walaa yuzakkeehim walahum 'adhaabun aleem
DIN 31635ʾinna llaḏīna yaktumūna mā ʾanzala llāhu mina l-kitābi wayaštarūna bihi ṯamanan qalīlan ʾūlāʾika mā yaʾkulūna fī buṭūnihim ʾillā n-nāra walā yukallimuhumu llāhu yawma l-qiyāmati walā yuzakkīhim walahum ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun
Those who conceal what God revealed in the Book, and exchange it for a small price-those swallow nothing but fire into their bellies. And God will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they will have a painful punishment.
Lo! those who hide aught of the Scripture which Allah hath revealed and purchase a small gain therewith, they eat into their bellies nothing else than fire. Allah will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He make them grow. Theirs will be a painful doom
Verily, those who hide what God has revealed of the Book, and sell it for a little price, they shall eat nothing in their bellies save fire; and God will not speak to them on the day of resurrection, nor will He purify them, but for them is grievous woe
They truly who hide the Scriptures which God hath sent down, and barter them for a mean price - these shall swallow into their bellies nought but fire. God will not speak to them, or assoil them, on the day of the Resurrection: and theirs shall be a grievous torment
Moreover they who conceal any part of the scripture which God hath sent down unto them, and sell it for a small price, they shall swallow into their bellies nothing but fire; God shall not speak unto them on the day of resurrection, neither shall he purify them, and they shall suffer a grievous punishment
2:175 — the verse above
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍ
Easy-read (simplified)dhaalika bi'anna llaaha nazzala l-kitaaba bil-haqqi wa'inna lladheena khtalafoo fee l-kitaabi lafee shiqaaqin ba'eed
DIN 31635ḏālika biʾanna llāha nazzala l-kitāba bil-ḥaqqi waʾinna llaḏīna ḫtalafū fī l-kitābi lafī šiqāqin baʿīdin
That is because God has revealed the Book in truth; and those who differ about the Book are in deep discord.
That is because Allah hath revealed the Scripture with the truth. Lo! those who find (a cause of) disagreement in the Scripture are in open schism
That (is), because God has revealed the Book with truth, and verily those who disagree about the Book are in a wide schism
This shall be their doom, because God had sent down "the Book" with the very truth. And verily they who dispute about that Book are in a far-gone severance from it
This they shall endure, because God sent down the book of the Koran with truth, and they who disagree concerning that book, are certainly in a wide mistake
لَّيْسَ ٱلْبِرَّ أَن تُوَلُّوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ قِبَلَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱلْبِرَّ مَنْ ءَامَنَ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ وَءَاتَى ٱلْمَالَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ ذَوِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَٱلسَّآئِلِينَ وَفِى ٱلرِّقَابِ وَأَقَامَ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتَى ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَٱلْمُوفُونَ بِعَهْدِهِمْ إِذَا عَٰهَدُوا۟ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ فِى ٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ وَحِينَ ٱلْبَأْسِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا۟ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُتَّقُونَ
Easy-read (simplified)laysa l-birra an tuwalloo wujoohakum qibala l-mashriqi wal-maghribi walaakinna l-birra man aamana billaahi wal-yawmi l-'aakhiri wal-malaa'ikati wal-kitaabi wan-nabiyyeena wa'aataa l-maala 'alaa hubbihi dhawee l-qurbaa wal-yataamaa wal-masaakeena wabna s-sabeeli was-saa'ileena wafee r-riqaabi wa'aqaama s-salaata wa'aataa z-zakaata wal-moofoona bi'ahdihim idhaa 'aahadoo was-saabireena fee l-ba'saa'i wad-darraa'i waheena l-ba'si oolaa'ika lladheena sadaqoo wa'oolaa'ika humu l-muttaqoon
DIN 31635laysa l-birra ʾan tuwallū wuǧūhakum qibala l-mašriqi wal-maġribi walākinna l-birra man ʾāmana billāhi wal-yawmi l-ʾāḫiri wal-malāʾikati wal-kitābi wan-nabiyyīna waʾātā l-māla ʿalā ḥubbihi ḏawī l-qurbā wal-yatāmā wal-masākīna wabna s-sabīli was-sāʾilīna wafī r-riqābi waʾaqāma ṣ-ṣalāta waʾātā z-zakāta wal-mūfūna biʿahdihim ʾiḏā ʿāhadū waṣ-ṣābirīna fī l-baʾsāʾi waḍ-ḍarrāʾi waḥīna l-baʾsi ʾūlāʾika llaḏīna ṣadaqū waʾūlāʾika humu l-muttaqūna
Righteousness does not consist of turning your faces towards the East and the West. But righteous is he who believes in God, and the Last Day, and the angels, and the Scripture, and the prophets. Who gives money, though dear, to near relatives, and orphans, and the needy, and the homeless, and the beggars, and for the freeing of slaves; those who perform the prayers, and pay the obligatory charity, and fulfill their promise when they promise, and patiently persevere in the face of persecution, hardship, and in the time of conflict. These are the sincere; these are the pious.
It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces to the East and the West; but righteous is he who believeth in Allah and the Last Day and the angels and the Scripture and the prophets; and giveth wealth, for love of Him, to kinsfolk and to orphans and the needy and the wayfarer and to those who ask, and to set slaves free; and observeth proper worship and payeth the poor-due. And those who keep their treaty when they make one, and the patient in tribulation and adversity and time of stress. Such are they who are sincere. Such are the Allah-fearing
Righteousness is not that ye turn your faces towards the east or the west, but righteousness is, one who believes in God, and the last day, and the angels, and the Book, and the prophets, and who gives wealth for His love to kindred, and orphans, and the poor, and the son of the road, beggars, and those in captivity; and who is steadfast in prayer, and gives alms; and those who are sure of their covenant when they make a covenant; and the patient in poverty, and distress, and in time of violence; these are they who are true, and these are those who fear
There is no piety in turning your faces toward the east or the west, but he is pious who believeth in God, and the last day, and the angels, and the Scriptures, and the prophets; who for the love of God disburseth his wealth to his kindred, and to the orphans, and the needy, and the wayfarer, and those who ask, and for ransoming; who observeth prayer, and payeth the legal alms, and who is of those who are faithful to their engagements when they have engaged in them, and patient under ills and hardships, and in time of trouble: these are they who are just, and these are they who fear the Lord
It is not righteousness that ye turn your faces in prayer towards the east and the west, but righteousness is of him who believeth in God and the last day, and the angels, and the scriptures, and the prophets; who giveth money for God's sake unto his kindred, and unto orphans, and the needy, and the stranger, and those who ask, and for redemption of captives; who is constant at prayer, and giveth alms; and of those who perform their covenant, when they have covenanted, and who behave themselves patiently in adversity, and hardships, and in time of violence: These are they who are true, and these are they who fear God
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أُولَٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدَىٰ وَالْعَذَابَ بِالْمَغْفِرَةِ فَمَا أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى النَّارِ
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