البقرة
Al-Baqarah
Surah 2
Verse 67
البقرة
The Cow • madinah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
English - Five Volume Translation
English - Short Commentary Translation
English - Topics
2:67
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Thus We made it an example to those of its time and to those who came after it, and a lesson to those who fear God.
English - Five Volume Translation
Thus We made it [a]an example to those of its time and to those who came after it, and a lesson to those who fear God.[73]
5:39.
Important Words:
نکالا (an example) is derived from نکل. They say نکل بفلان i.e. he inflicted on him such a punishment as to make him an example for others (Aqrab).
Commentary:
All punishment, if wisely directed, should serve a twofold purpose: (1) to inflict pain on the offender so as to make him reform in future; (2) to make it a lesson for others so that they may beware of falling into a similar error. But, as the latter part of the verse points out, only such men benefit by punishment as are God-fearing.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Thus We made it an [c]example to those of its time and to those who came after it, and a lesson to those who fear God.
5:39.