Qur'an 62:5 Al-Jumu'ah
مَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ حُمِّلُوا۟ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَحْمِلُوهَا كَمَثَلِ ٱلْحِمَارِ يَحْمِلُ أَسْفَارًۢا ۚ بِئْسَ مَثَلُ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
The example of those who were entrusted with the Torah and then did not take it on is like that of a donkey who carries volumes [of books]. Wretched is the example of the people who deny the signs of Allah. And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.
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What it says
Turns to those entrusted with the Torah who then set it down, drawn as a donkey loaded with books, carrying a weight of writing it cannot read. The comparison lands on the failure to carry rather than on any failure to receive; the load sits on its back the whole time. The verse widens at the end from this one people to a general rule, that Allah does not guide a people who deal with themselves this way.
Word by word
مَثَلُ mathalu the example · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna of those who · حُمِّلُوا۟ ḥummilū were entrusted with · ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ at-tawrāta the Torah · ثُمَّ thumma then · لَمْ lam did not · يَحْمِلُوهَا yaḥmilūhā carry it · كَمَثَلِ kamathali is like the example · ٱلْحِمَارِ al-ḥimāri of the donkey · يَحْمِلُ yaḥmilu who carries · أَسْفَارًا asfāran volumes · بِئْسَ biʾsa evil is · مَثَلُ mathalu the example · ٱلْقَوْمِ al-qawmi of the people · ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna who · كَذَّبُوا۟ kadhdhabū denied · بِـَٔايَٰتِ bi-āyāti the signs · ٱللَّهِ llāhi of Allah · وَٱللَّهُ wallāhu and Allah · لَا lā does not · يَهْدِى yahdī guide · ٱلْقَوْمَ al-qawma the people · ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ aẓ-ẓālimīn the wrongdoing
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