Surah Al-Baqara 2:27 — translation and meaning

البقرة · Verse 27 / 286 · Page 5

ۚ الَّذِينَ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَ اللَّهِ مِن بَعْدِ مِيثَاقِهِ وَيَقْطَعُونَ مَا أَمَرَ اللَّهُ بِهِ أَن يُوصَلَ وَيُفْسِدُونَ فِي الْأَرْضِ أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those who
يَنقُضُونَ
yanquduna
break
عَهْدَ
ahda
(the) Covenant
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
(of) Allah
مِن
min
from
بَعْدِ
ba'di
after
مِيثَاقِهِ
mithaqihi
its ratification
وَيَقْطَعُونَ
wayaqta'una
and [they] cut
مَا
ma
what
أَمَرَ
amara
has ordered
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
بِهِ
bihi
it
أَن
an
to
يُوصَلَ
yusala
be joined
وَيُفْسِدُونَ
wayuf'siduna
and [they] spread corruption
فِي
fi
in
الْأَرْضِ
al-ardi
the earth
أُولَئِكَ
ulaika
Those
هُمُ
humu
they
الْخَاسِرُونَ
al-khasiruna
(are) the losers

Transliteration

Allazeena yanqudoona 'ahdal laahi mim ba'di meesaaqihee wa yaqt'oona maaa amaral laahu biheee ai yoosala wa yufsidoona fil ard; ulaaa'ika hum khaasirron

Translation

Who break the covenant of Allah after contracting it and sever that which Allah has ordered to be joined and cause corruption on earth. It is those who are the losers.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who break the promise they made with God to serve Him alone and follow His way. This is in the verse, “He made them testify concerning themselves: “Am I not your Lord?” They said, “Yes, we bear witness!” (7:172) He affirmed this by sending the prophets and the scriptures. Those who do not take their promises with God seriously are those who cut off from things which God instructed not to, such as blood relations and they work to spread corruption on earth through their wrongdoing. They are the losers in this world and the next.

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

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