فَقُلۡنَا
ٱضۡرِبُوهُ
بِبَعۡضِهَاۚ
كَذَٰلِكَ
يُحۡيِ
ٱللَّهُ
ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ
وَيُرِيكُمۡ
ءَايَٰتِهِۦ
لَعَلَّكُمۡ
تَعۡقِلُونَ
٧٣

So We instructed, “Strike the dead body with a piece of the cow.” This is how ˹easily˺ Allah brings the dead to life, showing you His signs so that you may understand.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:74

ثُمَّ

قَسَتۡ

قُلُوبُكُم

مِّنۢ

بَعۡدِ

ذَٰلِكَ

فَهِيَ

كَٱلۡحِجَارَةِ

أَوۡ

أَشَدُّ

قَسۡوَةٗۚ

وَإِنَّ

مِنَ

ٱلۡحِجَارَةِ

لَمَا

يَتَفَجَّرُ

مِنۡهُ

ٱلۡأَنۡهَٰرُۚ

وَإِنَّ

مِنۡهَا

لَمَا

يَشَّقَّقُ

فَيَخۡرُجُ

مِنۡهُ

ٱلۡمَآءُۚ

وَإِنَّ

مِنۡهَا

لَمَا

يَهۡبِطُ

مِنۡ

خَشۡيَةِ

ٱللَّهِۗ

وَمَا

ٱللَّهُ

بِغَٰفِلٍ

عَمَّا

تَعۡمَلُونَ

٧٤

Even then your hearts became hardened like a rock or even harder, for some rocks gush rivers; others split, spilling water; while others are humbled in awe of Allah. And Allah is never unaware of what you do.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:75

۞ أَفَتَطۡمَعُونَ

أَن

يُؤۡمِنُواْ

لَكُمۡ

وَقَدۡ

كَانَ

فَرِيقٞ

مِّنۡهُمۡ

يَسۡمَعُونَ

كَلَٰمَ

ٱللَّهِ

ثُمَّ

يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

مَا

عَقَلُوهُ

وَهُمۡ

يَعۡلَمُونَ

٧٥

Do you ˹believers still˺ expect them to be true to you, though a group of them would hear the word of Allah then knowingly corrupt it after understanding it?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:76

وَإِذَا

لَقُواْ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ءَامَنُواْ

قَالُوٓاْ

ءَامَنَّا

وَإِذَا

خَلَا

بَعۡضُهُمۡ

إِلَىٰ

بَعۡضٖ

قَالُوٓاْ

أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم

بِمَا

فَتَحَ

ٱللَّهُ

عَلَيۡكُمۡ

لِيُحَآجُّوكُم

بِهِۦ

عِندَ

رَبِّكُمۡۚ

أَفَلَا

تَعۡقِلُونَ

٧٦

When they meet the believers they say, “We believe.” But in private they say ˹to each other˺, “Will you disclose to the believers the knowledge Allah has revealed to you,¹ so that they may use it against you before your Lord? Do you not understand?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:77

أَوَلَا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

أَنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

يَعۡلَمُ

مَا

يُسِرُّونَ

وَمَا

يُعۡلِنُونَ

٧٧

Do they not know that Allah is aware of what they conceal and what they reveal?

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:78

وَمِنۡهُمۡ

أُمِّيُّونَ

لَا

يَعۡلَمُونَ

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

إِلَّآ

أَمَانِيَّ

وَإِنۡ

هُمۡ

إِلَّا

يَظُنُّونَ

٧٨

And among them are the illiterate who know nothing about the Scripture except lies, and ˹so˺ they ˹wishfully˺ speculate.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:79

فَوَيۡلٞ

لِّلَّذِينَ

يَكۡتُبُونَ

ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ

بِأَيۡدِيهِمۡ

ثُمَّ

يَقُولُونَ

هَٰذَا

مِنۡ

عِندِ

ٱللَّهِ

لِيَشۡتَرُواْ

بِهِۦ

ثَمَنٗا

قَلِيلٗاۖ

فَوَيۡلٞ

لَّهُم

مِّمَّا

كَتَبَتۡ

أَيۡدِيهِمۡ

وَوَيۡلٞ

لَّهُم

مِّمَّا

يَكۡسِبُونَ

٧٩

So woe¹ to those who distort the Scripture with their own hands then say, “This is from Allah”—seeking a fleeting gain! So woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they have earned.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:80

وَقَالُواْ

لَن

تَمَسَّنَا

ٱلنَّارُ

إِلَّآ

أَيَّامٗا

مَّعۡدُودَةٗۚ

قُلۡ

أَتَّخَذۡتُمۡ

عِندَ

ٱللَّهِ

عَهۡدٗا

فَلَن

يُخۡلِفَ

ٱللَّهُ

عَهۡدَهُۥٓۖ

أَمۡ

تَقُولُونَ

عَلَى

ٱللَّهِ

مَا

لَا

تَعۡلَمُونَ

٨٠

˹Some of˺ the Jews claim, “The Fire will not touch us except for a number of days.” Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “Have you taken a pledge from Allah—for Allah never breaks His word—or are you ˹just˺ saying about Allah what you do not know?”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:81