Surah Al-Baqarah — Verse 16

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أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ

Ola-ika allatheena ishtarawooaddalalata bilhuda famarabihat tijaratuhum wama kanoomuhtadeen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

They have bought error in exchange for guidance, so their trade reaps no profit, and they are not rightly guided.

Marmaduke Pickthall

These are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, so their commerce doth not prosper, neither are they guided.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, and they have lost true direction,

Mufti Taqi Usmani

These are the people who have bought error at the price of guidance; so their trade has brought no gain, nor have they reached the right Path.

Al-Hilali & Khan

These are they who have purchased error for guidance, so their commerce was profitless. And they were not guided.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

These are the ones who have purchased error in exchange for guidance. This bargain has brought them no profit and certainly they are not on the Right Way.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

[for] it is they who have taken error in exchange for guidance; and neither has their bargain brought them gain, nor have they found guidance [elsewhere].