Al-Baqara 2:66
The Cow · ayah 66 of 286
فَجَعَلْنَٰهَا نَكَٰلًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهَا وَمَا خَلْفَهَا وَمَوْعِظَةًۭ لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
FajaAAalnaha nakalanlima bayna yadayha wama khalfahawamawAAithatan lilmuttaqeen
"And We made it a deterrent punishment for those who were present and those who succeeded [them] and a lesson for those who fear Allāh."
Saheeh International translation
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Other English translations
Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+
"We made this an example to those people who were there at the time and to those who came after them, and a lesson to all who are mindful of God."
Pickthall (classic)+
"And We made it an example to their own and to succeeding generations, and an admonition to the Allah-fearing."
Yusuf Ali (classic)+
"So We made it an example to their own time and to their posterity, and a lesson to those who fear Allah."