Surah 2. Al-Baqara, Ayah 66
| فَجَعَلْنَاهَا نَكَالًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةً لِلْمُتَّقِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | fa- jacalnaa -haa nakaal(an) li- maa bayna yadai -haa wa- maa khalfa -haa wa- mawciz.ah li- al- muttaqen |
| Pickthall | : | And We made it an example to their own and to succeeding generations, and an admonition to the God fearing. |
| Asad | : | and set them up as a warning example for their time and for all times to come, as well as an admonition to all who are conscious of God.52 |
| Malik | : | Thus, We made their fate an example to their own people and to succeeding generations, and a lesson to those who are God-conscious. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity and a lesson to those who fear Allah. |
Note - 52For the full story of the Sabbath-breakers, and the
metaphorical allusion to "apes", see {7:163-166}. The
expression ma bayna yadayha, rendered here as "their
time", is explained in surah {3}, note [3].
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