# Quran 2:26 — Surah Al-Baqarah (The Cow), Verse 26

## Arabic (Uthmani script)
۞ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَسۡتَحۡيِۦٓ أَن يَضۡرِبَ مَثَلٗا مَّا بَعُوضَةٗ فَمَا فَوۡقَهَاۚ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ فَيَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ ٱلۡحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡۖ وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَآ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ بِهَٰذَا مَثَلٗاۘ يُضِلُّ بِهِۦ كَثِيرٗا وَيَهۡدِي بِهِۦ كَثِيرٗاۚ وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلۡفَٰسِقِينَ

## Arabic (IndoPak script)
اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا یَسْتَحْیٖۤ اَنْ یَّضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَّا بَعُوْضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا فَاَمَّا الَّذِیْنَ اٰمَنُوْا فَیَعْلَمُوْنَ اَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِنْ رَّبِّهِمْ وَاَمَّا الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا فَیَقُوْلُوْنَ مَاذَاۤ اَرَادَ اللّٰهُ بِهٰذَا مَثَلًا یُضِلُّ بِهٖ كَثِیْرًا وَّیَهْدِیْ بِهٖ كَثِیْرًا وَمَا یُضِلُّ بِهٖۤ اِلَّا الْفٰسِقِیْنَ ۟

## Transliteration
Innal laaha laa yastahyeee ai yadriba masalam maa ba'oodatan famaa fawqahaa; faammal lazeena aamanoo faya'lamoona annahul haqqu mir rabbihim wa ammal lazeena kafaroo fayaqooloona maazaaa araadal laahu bihaazaa masalaa; yudillu bihee kaseeranw wa yahdee bihee kaseeraa; wa maa yudillu biheee illal faasiqeen

## English Translation (Abdullah Yusuf Ali)
> Allah disdains not to use the similitude of things, lowest as well as highest. Those who believe know that it is truth from their Lord; but those who reject Faith say: "What means Allah by this similitude?" By it He causes many to stray, and many He leads into the right path; but He causes not to stray, except those who forsake (the path),-

**Citation:** Quran, Surah Al-Baqarah 2:26 · Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an: Text, Translation and Commentary (1934)

**Context:** Surah Al-Baqarah is a medinan surah with 286 ayahs. Full surah: https://deen.global/quran/surah-al-baqarah.md
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