سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 90
بِئْسَمَا ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ ۚ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ ﴿90﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
How bad is that for which they have sold their ownselves, that they should disbelieve in that which Allâh has revealed (the Qur’ân), grudging that Allâh should reveal of His Grace unto whom He wills of His slaves. So they have drawn on themselves wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers, there is disgracing torment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
بِئْسَمَا
bi'samā
Evil (is) that
ٱشْتَرَوْا۟
ish'taraw
(for) which they have sold
بِهِۦٓ
bihi
with
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
أَن
an
that
يَكْفُرُوا۟
yakfurū
they disbelieve
بِمَآ
bimā
in what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
بَغْيًا
baghyan
grudging
أَن
an
that
يُنَزِّلَ
yunazzila
sends down
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
مِن
min
of
فَضْلِهِۦ
faḍlihi
His Grace
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
on
مَن
man
whom
يَشَآءُ
yashāu
He wills
مِنْ
min
from
عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ
ʿibādihi
His servants
فَبَآءُو
fabāū
So they have drawn (on themselves)
بِغَضَبٍ
bighaḍabin
wrath
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
upon
غَضَبٍۢ ۚ
ghaḍabin
wrath
وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
walil'kāfirīna
And for the disbelievers
عَذَابٌۭ
ʿadhābun
(is) a punishment
مُّهِينٌۭ
muhīnun
humiliating
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.
90. 1 The meaning of "anger upon anger" is very intense anger because they repeatedly committed acts that incurred anger, as has been explained in detail, and now, merely out of jealousy, they denied the Qur'an and Hazrat Muhammad ﷺ.
