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Al-Baqarah 2:216

كُتِبَ عَلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡقِتَالُ وَهُوَ كُرۡهٞ لَّكُمۡۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكۡرَهُواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَهُوَ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡۖ وَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تُحِبُّواْ شَيۡـٔٗا وَهُوَ شَرّٞ لَّكُمۡۚ وَٱللَّهُ يَعۡلَمُ وَأَنتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُونَ

Fighting has been made obligatory upon you ˹believers˺, though you dislike it. Perhaps you dislike something which is good for you and like something which is bad for you. Allah knows and you do not know.

Word by word

كُتِبَ
kutiba
Is prescribed
Vocabulary
Root: كتب
عَلَيۡكُمُ
ʿalaykumu
upon you
Vocabulary
ٱلۡقِتَالُ
l-qitālu
[the] fighting
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while it
Vocabulary
كُرۡهٞ
kur'hun
(is) hateful
Vocabulary
Root: كره
لَّكُمۡۖ
lakum
to you
Vocabulary
وَعَسَىٰٓ
waʿasā
But perhaps
Vocabulary
Root: عسي
أَن
an
[that]
Vocabulary
تَكۡرَهُواْ
takrahū
you dislike
Vocabulary
Root: كره
شَيۡـٔٗا
shayan
a thing
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and it
Vocabulary
خَيۡرٞ
khayrun
(is) good
Vocabulary
Root: خير
لَّكُمۡۖ
lakum
for you
Vocabulary
وَعَسَىٰٓ
waʿasā
and perhaps
Vocabulary
Root: عسي
أَن
an
[that]
Vocabulary
تُحِبُّواْ
tuḥibbū
you love
Vocabulary
Root: حبب
شَيۡـٔٗا
shayan
a thing
Vocabulary
Root: شيا
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and it
Vocabulary
شَرّٞ
sharrun
(is) bad
Vocabulary
Root: شرر
لَّكُمۡۚ
lakum
for you
Vocabulary
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
يَعۡلَمُ
yaʿlamu
knows
Vocabulary
Root: علم
وَأَنتُمۡ
wa-antum
while you
Vocabulary
لَا
lā
(do) not
Vocabulary
تَعۡلَمُونَ
taʿlamūna
know
Vocabulary
Root: علم

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.