Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 90·Madanī

90

بِهِۦٓ أَن بِمَآ أَن مِن عَلَىٰ مَن مِنْ عَلَىٰ ﴿٩٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allah has revealed through [their] outrage that Allah would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

لجاجت یهود

در تفسیر عبارت «از این رو به خشمی بعد از خشمی (از سوی خدا) گرفتار شدند» گفته شده که پهود به دلیل کفر به یات خداوند.ء نافرمانی از دستورهای او و قتل پیامبران الهی مورد خشم قرار گرفتند. این غضب نخست است که دامن‌گیر آنها شد. بازماندگان آنها بعد از ظهور پیامبر اسلام(ص) هم همان روش نیاکانشان را در مورد این پیامبر ادامه دادند؛ یعنی نه تنها به ایین او کافر شدند، بلکه با او به مبارزه برخاستند. این سبب شد که خشم و غضب تازه‌ای آنها را فرا گیرد و این غضب دوم است.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 14 roots in 18 of 27 words

Recitation · 30 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Ikhfāʾ11
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

27 words · 105 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 90 of 286

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • فَلَا تُعْجِبْكَ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰدُهُمْ إِنَّمَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيُعَذِّبَهُم بِهَا فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَتَزْهَقَ أَنفُسُهُمْ وَهُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    So let not their wealth or their children impress you. Allah only intends to punish them through them in worldly life and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are…

  • ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمُ ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَآ أَسْخَطَ ٱللَّهَ وَكَرِهُوا۟ رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

    That is because they followed what angered Allah and disliked [what earns] His pleasure, so He rendered worthless their deeds.

  • تَرَىٰ كَثِيرًا مِّنْهُمْ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَبِئْسَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ لَهُمْ أَنفُسُهُمْ أَن سَخِطَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَفِى ٱلْعَذَابِ هُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ

    You see many of them becoming allies of those who disbelieved. How wretched is that which they have put forth for themselves in that Allah has become angry with them, and in the…

  • ٱلَّذِينَ يَلْمِزُونَ ٱلْمُطَّوِّعِينَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ فِى ٱلصَّدَقَٰتِ وَٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَجِدُونَ إِلَّا جُهْدَهُمْ فَيَسْخَرُونَ مِنْهُمْ سَخِرَ ٱللَّهُ مِنْهُمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule…

  • ضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ أَيْنَ مَا ثُقِفُوٓا۟ إِلَّا بِحَبْلٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَحَبْلٍ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَضُرِبَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْمَسْكَنَةُ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلْأَنۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ

    They have been put under humiliation [by Allah] wherever they are overtaken, except for a covenant from Allah and a rope from the Muslims. And they have drawn upon themselves…

  • ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا فَصَدُّوا۟ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦٓ إِنَّهُمْ سَآءَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    They have exchanged the signs of Allah for a small price and averted [people] from His way. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Baqara 2:2075 shared roots

    وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْرِى نَفْسَهُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ رَءُوفٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

    ش-ر-يب-غ-يع-ب-دن-ف-سأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Baqara 2:2075 shared roots

    وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَشْرِى نَفْسَهُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ رَءُوفٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ

    ش-ر-يب-غ-يع-ب-دن-ف-سأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Hajj 22:573 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    ه-و-نع-ذ-بك-ف-ر

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1775 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْكُفْرَ بِٱلْإِيمَٰنِ لَن يَضُرُّوا۟ ٱللَّهَ شَيْـًٔا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    ش-ر-يع-ذ-بش-ي-أك-ف-رأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1403 shared roots

    قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ب-غ-يف-ض-لأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nisaa 4:1513 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ حَقًّا وَأَعْتَدْنَا لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابًا مُّهِينًا

    ه-و-نع-ذ-بك-ف-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:90?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:90 include Quran 9:55 (Surah At-Tawba), Quran 47:28 (Surah Muhammad), Quran 5:80 (Surah Al-Maaida), and Quran 9:79 (Surah At-Tawba). For example, 9:55 reads: “So let not their wealth or their children impress you. Allah only intends to punish them through them in worldly life and that their souls should depart [at death] while they are…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 2:90 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:90 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allah has revealed through [their] outrage that Allah would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon…”

Which surah is verse 2:90 in?

Quran 2:90 is āyah 90 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 2:90?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 2:90 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:90?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:90 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.