أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- இவர்கள் தாம் நேர்வழிக்கு பதிலாகத் தவறான வழியைக் கொள்முதல் செய்து கொண்டவர்கள்; இவர்களுடைய (இந்த) வியாபாரம் இலாபம் தராது, மேலும் இவர்கள் நேர்வழி பெறுபவர்ளும் அல்லர்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- ඔවුහු මය යහ මඟ වෙනුවට මුළාව මිලට ගත්තෝ වන්නේ. එබැවින් ඔවුන්ගේ ව්යාපාරය ලාබදායී නො වීය. තවද ඔවුහු යහ මඟ ගිය අය නො වූහ.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- یہ وه لوگ ہیں جنہوں نے گمراہی کو ہدایت کے بدلے میں خرید لیا، پس نہ تو ان کی تجارت نے ان کو فائده پہنچایا اور نہ یہ ہدایت والے ہوئے۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- これらの者は導きの代わりに，迷いを購った者で，かれらの取引は利益なく，また決して正しく導かれない。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 这等人，以正道换取迷误，所以他们的交易并未获利，他们不是遵循正道的。
Tafsir of 2:16
In his Tafsir, As-Suddi reported that Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud commented on; أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُاْ الضَّلَلَةَ بِالْهُدَى (These are they who have purchased error with guidance) saying it means, "They pursued misguidance and abandoned guidance. " Mujahid said, "They believed and then disbelieved," while Qatadah said, "They preferred deviation to guidance." Qatadah's statement is similar in meaning to Allah's statement about Thamud, وَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَهَدَيْنَهُمْ فَاسْتَحَبُّواْ الْعَمَى عَلَى الْهُدَى (And as for Thamud, We granted them guidance, but they preferred blindness to guidance) (41:17). In summary, the statements that we have mentioned from the scholars of Tafsir indicate that the hypocrites deviate from the true guidance and prefer misguidance, substituting wickedness in place of righteousness. This meaning explains Allah's statement, أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُاْ الضَّلَلَةَ بِالْهُدَى (These are they who have purchased error with guidance), meaning, they exchanged guidance to buy misguidance.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
