Surah Al-Baqara 2:16 — translation and meaning
البقرة · Verse 16 / 286 · Page 3
أُولَئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُا الضَّلَالَةَ بِالْهُدَى فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَارَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا مُهْتَدِينَ
Word by Word
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
(are) the ones who
اشْتَرَوُا
ish'tarawu
bought
الضَّلَالَةَ
al-dalalata
[the] astraying
بِالْهُدَى
bil-huda
for [the] guidance
فَمَا
fama
So not
رَبِحَت
rabihat
profited
تِّجَارَتُهُمْ
tijaratuhum
their commerce
وَمَا
wama
and not
كَانُوا
kanu
were they
مُهْتَدِينَ
muh'tadina
guided-ones
Transliteration
Ulaaa'ikal lazeenash tara wud dalaalata bilhudaa famaa rabihat tijaaratuhum wa maa kaanoo muhtadeen
Translation
Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
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.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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