The Quran

سورة البَقَرَة

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:176

The Cow · Verse 176 of 286

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ اللَّهَ نَزَّلَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِي الْكِتَابِ لَفِي شِقَاقٍ بَعِيدٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

That (punishment) is because, whereas Allâh caused the perfect Book to be revealed to suit all the requirements of truth and wisdom (they have rejected it outright). Surely, those who dissented from the perfect Book have indeed gone far astray in enmity (of the truth) and in obstinacy.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

(Their doom is) because Allah sent down the Book in truth but those who seek causes of dispute in the Book are in a schism Far (from the purpose).

Ahmed Ali

That is because God has revealed the Book containing the truth; but those who are at variance about it have gone astray in their contrariness.

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Ali Unal

That is so because God is sending down the Book with the truth, and there is nothing false in it. Those who are at variance regarding the Book (believing in part of it, disbelieving in part, and believing in one or some of the Divine Books, while disbelieving in the others), have certainly veered far (from the truth) into wide schism.

Daryabadi

This shall be because Allah hath verily sent down the Book with truth: and verily those who differ respecting the Book. are surely in cleavage wide.

Faridul Haque

This is because Allah has sent down the Book with the truth; and indeed those who caused disagreement in the Book are, surely, disputants in the extreme.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

That is because Allah has revealed the Book with truth. And surely those who disagree about the Book go far in opposition.

Maulvi Sher Ali

That is because ALLAH has sent down the Book with the truth; and surely they who disagree concerning the Book are gone far in enmity.

Muhammad Asad

Thus it is: since it is God who bestows the divine writ from on high, setting forth the truth, all those who set their own views against the divine writ are, verily, most deeply in the wrong.

Muhammad Musin Khan

That is because Allah has sent down the Book (the Qur'an) in truth. And verily, those who disputed as regards the Book are far away in opposition.

Muhammad Pickthall

That is because Allah hath revealed the Scripture with the truth. Lo! those who find (a cause of) disagreement in the Scripture are in open schism.

Muhammad Sarwar

God has revealed the Book in all Truth and those who dispute it are filled with malice which has taken them far away from the truth.

Muhammed ali Shakir

This is because Allah has revealed the Book with the truth; and surely those who go against the Book are in a great opposition.

Rashad Khalifa

This is because GOD has revealed this scripture, bearing the truth, and those who dispute the scripture are the most ardent opponents.

Shabbir Ahmed

This is so, because God has revealed the Book in absolute truth. And those who seek disputes in the Book, are in open schism and vehemently oppose each other.