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Qur'an 2:73 Al-Baqarah

فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِبُوهُ بِبَعْضِهَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُحْىِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَيُرِيكُمْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

So, We said, "Strike the slain man with part of it." Thus does Allah bring the dead to life, and He shows you His signs that you might reason.

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What it says

The command comes to strike the slain man with a piece of the slaughtered cow. Allah's bringing the dead to life is named as the pattern this act demonstrates, shown to them as a sign meant to make them reason.

Word by word

فَقُلْنَا fa-qulnā so We said · ٱضْرِبُوهُ iḍribūhu strike him · بِبَعْضِهَا bibaʿḍihā with part of it · كَذَٰلِكَ kadhālika thus · يُحْىِ yuḥyi brings to life · ٱللَّهُ allāhu Allah · ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ al-mawtā the dead · وَيُرِيكُمْ wa-yurīkum and shows you · ءَايَٰتِهِۦ āyātihi His signs · لَعَلَّكُمْ laʿallakum so that you may · تَعْقِلُونَ taʿqilūn reason

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