سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 71
قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿71﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
He [Mûsâ (Moses)] said, "He says, ‘It is a cow neither trained to till the soil nor water the fields, sound, having no other colour except bright yellow.’ " They said, "Now you have brought the truth." So they slaughtered it though they were near to not doing it.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, He
يَقُولُ
yaqūlu
says
إِنَّهَا
innahā
[Indeed] it
بَقَرَةٌۭ
baqaratun
(is) a cow
لَّا
lā
not
ذَلُولٌۭ
dhalūlun
trained
تُثِيرُ
tuthīru
to plough
ٱلْأَرْضَ
l-arḍa
the earth
وَلَا
walā
and not
تَسْقِى
tasqī
water
ٱلْحَرْثَ
l-ḥartha
the field
مُسَلَّمَةٌۭ
musallamatun
sound
لَّا
lā
no
شِيَةَ
shiyata
blemish
فِيهَا ۚ
fīhā
in it
قَالُوا۟
qālū
They said
ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ
l-āna
Now
جِئْتَ
ji'ta
you have come
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ
bil-ḥaqi
with the truth
فَذَبَحُوهَا
fadhabaḥūhā
So they slaughtered it
وَمَا
wamā
and not
كَادُوا۟
kādū
they were near
يَفْعَلُونَ
yafʿalūna
(to) doing (it)
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
71. 1 They were commanded only to slaughter a cow. If they had slaughtered any cow, the command of Allah would have been fulfilled, but instead of acting straightforwardly on the command of Allah, they began to nitpick and started asking all sorts of questions, upon which Allah also kept making it stricter for them. That is why making things difficult in religion has been prohibited.
