قَالُوا۟
They said,
ٱدْعُ
"Pray
لَنَا
for us
رَبَّكَ
(to) your Lord
يُبَيِّن
to make clear
لَّنَا
to us
مَا
what
هِىَ
it (is).
إِنَّ
Indeed,
ٱلْبَقَرَ
[the] cows
تَشَٰبَهَ
look alike
عَلَيْنَا
to us.
وَإِنَّآ
And indeed we,
إِن if شَآءَ wills ٱللَّهُ Allah, لَمُهْتَدُونَ (will) surely be those who are guided." قَالَ He said, إِنَّهُۥ "Indeed, He يَقُولُ says, إِنَّهَا "[Indeed] it بَقَرَةٌ (is) a cow لَّا not ذَلُولٌ trained
تُثِيرُ to plough ٱلْأَرْضَ the earth, وَلَا and not تَسْقِى water ٱلْحَرْثَ the field; مُسَلَّمَةٌ sound, لَّا no شِيَةَ blemish فِيهَا in it." قَالُوا۟ They said,
ٱلْـَٰٔنَ "Now جِئْتَ you have come بِٱلْحَقِّ with the truth." فَذَبَحُوهَا So they slaughtered it, وَمَا and not كَادُوا۟ they were near يَفْعَلُونَ (to) doing (it). وَإِذْ And when
قَتَلْتُمْ you killed نَفْسًا a man, فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ then you disputed فِيهَا concerning it, وَٱللَّهُ but Allah مُخْرِجٌ (is) the One Who brought forth مَّا what كُنتُمْ you were تَكْتُمُونَ concealing.
فَقُلْنَا So We said, ٱضْرِبُوهُ "Strike him بِبَعْضِهَا with a part of it." كَذَٰلِكَ Like this يُحْىِ revives ٱللَّهُ Allah ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ the dead, وَيُرِيكُمْ and shows you
ءَايَٰتِهِۦ His Signs, لَعَلَّكُمْ perhaps you may تَعْقِلُونَ use your intellect. ثُمَّ Then قَسَتْ hardened قُلُوبُكُم your hearts مِّنۢ from بَعْدِ after ذَٰلِكَ that
فَهِىَ so they كَٱلْحِجَارَةِ (became) like [the] stones أَوْ or أَشَدُّ stronger قَسْوَةً (in) hardness. وَإِنَّ And indeed, مِنَ from ٱلْحِجَارَةِ the stones لَمَا certainly (there are some) which يَتَفَجَّرُ gush forth
مِنْهُ from it ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ [the] rivers, وَإِنَّ and indeed, مِنْهَا from them لَمَا certainly (there are some) which يَشَّقَّقُ split, فَيَخْرُجُ so comes out مِنْهُ from it ٱلْمَآءُ [the] water, وَإِنَّ and indeed,
مِنْهَا from them لَمَا certainly (there are some) which يَهْبِطُ fall down مِنْ from خَشْيَةِ fear ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah. وَمَا And not ٱللَّهُ (is) Allah بِغَٰفِلٍ unaware عَمَّا of what تَعْمَلُونَ you do.
أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ Do you hope أَن that يُؤْمِنُوا۟ they will believe لَكُمْ [for] you وَقَدْ while indeed كَانَ (there) has been فَرِيقٌ a party مِّنْهُمْ of them,
يَسْمَعُونَ (who used to) hear كَلَٰمَ (the) words ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah, ثُمَّ then يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ they distort it مِنۢ from بَعْدِ after مَا [what] عَقَلُوهُ they understood it, وَهُمْ while they
يَعْلَمُونَ know? وَإِذَا And when لَقُوا۟ they meet ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe[d], قَالُوٓا۟ they say, ءَامَنَّا "We have believed." وَإِذَا But when
خَلَا meet in private بَعْضُهُمْ some of them إِلَىٰ with بَعْضٍ some (others), قَالُوٓا۟ they say, أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم "Do you tell them بِمَا what فَتَحَ opened/revealed ٱللَّهُ Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ to you لِيُحَآجُّوكُم so that they argue with you بِهِۦ therewith عِندَ before رَبِّكُمْ your Lord? أَفَلَا Then do (you) not تَعْقِلُونَ understand?"
إِن if شَآءَ wills ٱللَّهُ Allah, لَمُهْتَدُونَ (will) surely be those who are guided." قَالَ He said, إِنَّهُۥ "Indeed, He يَقُولُ says, إِنَّهَا "[Indeed] it بَقَرَةٌ (is) a cow لَّا not ذَلُولٌ trained
تُثِيرُ to plough ٱلْأَرْضَ the earth, وَلَا and not تَسْقِى water ٱلْحَرْثَ the field; مُسَلَّمَةٌ sound, لَّا no شِيَةَ blemish فِيهَا in it." قَالُوا۟ They said,
ٱلْـَٰٔنَ "Now جِئْتَ you have come بِٱلْحَقِّ with the truth." فَذَبَحُوهَا So they slaughtered it, وَمَا and not كَادُوا۟ they were near يَفْعَلُونَ (to) doing (it). وَإِذْ And when
قَتَلْتُمْ you killed نَفْسًا a man, فَٱدَّٰرَْٰٔتُمْ then you disputed فِيهَا concerning it, وَٱللَّهُ but Allah مُخْرِجٌ (is) the One Who brought forth مَّا what كُنتُمْ you were تَكْتُمُونَ concealing.
فَقُلْنَا So We said, ٱضْرِبُوهُ "Strike him بِبَعْضِهَا with a part of it." كَذَٰلِكَ Like this يُحْىِ revives ٱللَّهُ Allah ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ the dead, وَيُرِيكُمْ and shows you
ءَايَٰتِهِۦ His Signs, لَعَلَّكُمْ perhaps you may تَعْقِلُونَ use your intellect. ثُمَّ Then قَسَتْ hardened قُلُوبُكُم your hearts مِّنۢ from بَعْدِ after ذَٰلِكَ that
فَهِىَ so they كَٱلْحِجَارَةِ (became) like [the] stones أَوْ or أَشَدُّ stronger قَسْوَةً (in) hardness. وَإِنَّ And indeed, مِنَ from ٱلْحِجَارَةِ the stones لَمَا certainly (there are some) which يَتَفَجَّرُ gush forth
مِنْهُ from it ٱلْأَنْهَٰرُ [the] rivers, وَإِنَّ and indeed, مِنْهَا from them لَمَا certainly (there are some) which يَشَّقَّقُ split, فَيَخْرُجُ so comes out مِنْهُ from it ٱلْمَآءُ [the] water, وَإِنَّ and indeed,
مِنْهَا from them لَمَا certainly (there are some) which يَهْبِطُ fall down مِنْ from خَشْيَةِ fear ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah. وَمَا And not ٱللَّهُ (is) Allah بِغَٰفِلٍ unaware عَمَّا of what تَعْمَلُونَ you do.
أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ Do you hope أَن that يُؤْمِنُوا۟ they will believe لَكُمْ [for] you وَقَدْ while indeed كَانَ (there) has been فَرِيقٌ a party مِّنْهُمْ of them,
يَسْمَعُونَ (who used to) hear كَلَٰمَ (the) words ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah, ثُمَّ then يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ they distort it مِنۢ from بَعْدِ after مَا [what] عَقَلُوهُ they understood it, وَهُمْ while they
يَعْلَمُونَ know? وَإِذَا And when لَقُوا۟ they meet ٱلَّذِينَ those who ءَامَنُوا۟ believe[d], قَالُوٓا۟ they say, ءَامَنَّا "We have believed." وَإِذَا But when
خَلَا meet in private بَعْضُهُمْ some of them إِلَىٰ with بَعْضٍ some (others), قَالُوٓا۟ they say, أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم "Do you tell them بِمَا what فَتَحَ opened/revealed ٱللَّهُ Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ to you لِيُحَآجُّوكُم so that they argue with you بِهِۦ therewith عِندَ before رَبِّكُمْ your Lord? أَفَلَا Then do (you) not تَعْقِلُونَ understand?"