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Quran 2:71

Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), verse 71 of 286 · Juz 1

قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Translations of Quran 2:71
EnglishTalal Itani

He said, “He says she is a heifer, neither yoked to plow the earth, nor to irrigate the field; sound without blemish.” They said, “Now you have brought the truth.” So they slew her; though they almost did not.

EnglishPickthall, 1930

(Moses) answered: Lo! He saith: Verily she is a cow unyoked; she plougheth not the soil nor watereth the tilth; whole and without mark. They said: Now thou bringest the truth. So they sacrificed her, though almost they did not.

TurkishElmalılı Hamdi Yazır, 1935

Rabbim, dedi: Şöyle buyuruyor: Bir bakare ki ne koşulur arazi sürer ne de ekin sular, salma, hiç alacası yok, işte dediler, şimdi hak ile geldin, bunun üzerine o bakareyı boğazladılar, ki az kaldı yapmıyacaklardı

FrenchKazimirski, 1840

- Dieu vous dit, reprit Moïse, que ce ne soit pas une vache fatiguée par le labourage ou l’arrosement des champs, mais une vache dont le mâle n’aura jamais approché ; qu’elle soit sans aucune tache. — Maintenant, dit le peuple, tu nous as dit la vérité. — Ils immolèrent la vache, et cependant peu s’en fallut qu’ils ne l’eussent point fait.

DutchKeyzer, 1860, from Kazimirski's French

Mozes hernam: "God zegt u: "Het zij eene koe die niet vermagerd is door het beploegen of besproeien van het veld, maar het zij eene zonder gebrek." "Nu," zeiden zij, "komt gij met de waarheid." Zij doodden de koe, doch er ontbrak weinig aan of zij hadden het niet gedaan.

ItalianCalza, 1847, from Kazimirski's French

Dio vi dice, replicò Mosè, che non sia una vacca spossata dal lavoro, o dall’adacquamento dei campi, ma una vacca che non abbia mai avvicinato il maschio, e che sia senza alcuna macchia. Essi sagriflcarono la vacca; ma poco mancò che non l’avessero fatto.

Arabic: Tanzil Project. English: Translation by Talal Itani, ClearQuran.com. Other translations: public domain editions, listed in Sources.