Surah Al-Baqara 2:151 — translation and meaning

البقرة · Verse 151 / 286 · Page 23

كَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا فِيكُمْ رَسُولًا مِّنكُمْ يَتْلُو عَلَيْكُمْ آيَاتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ الْكِتَابَ وَالْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا تَعْلَمُونَ

Word by Word

كَمَا
kama
As
أَرْسَلْنَا
arsalna
We sent
فِيكُمْ
fikum
among you
رَسُولًا
rasulan
a Messenger
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
from you
يَتْلُو
yatlu
(who) recites
عَلَيْكُمْ
alaykum
to you
آيَاتِنَا
ayatina
Our verses
وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ
wayuzakkikum
and purifies you
وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ
wayu'allimukumu
and teaches you
الْكِتَابَ
al-kitaba
the Book
وَالْحِكْمَةَ
wal-hik'mata
and the wisdom
وَيُعَلِّمُكُم
wayu'allimukum
and teaches you
مَّا
ma
what
لَمْ
lam
not
تَكُونُوا
takunu
you were
تَعْلَمُونَ
ta'lamuna
knowing

Transliteration

kamaaa arsalnaa feekum Rasoolam minkum yatloo 'alaikum aayaatina wa yuzakkeekum wa yu'alli mukumul kitaaba wal hikmata wa yu'allimukum maa lam takoonoo ta'lamoon

Translation

Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did not know.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Allah blessed you in another way: sending a messenger to you from among you, who recites His verses, purifying you by directing you to virtue and goodness and forbidding you from evil and wrong, teaching you the Qur’ān and the Sunnah, and teaching you worldly and sacred knowledge which you did not know.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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