Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 179·Madanī

179

وَلَكُمْ فِى يَٰٓأُو۟لِى لَعَلَّكُمْ ﴿١٧٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

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 · 4 roots in 4 of 8 words

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

8 words · 37 letters · āyah 179 of 286

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

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    Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"

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    But when He saves them, at once they commit injustice upon the earth without right. O mankind, your injustice is only against yourselves, [being merely] the enjoyment of worldly…

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:179?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:179 include Quran 37:40 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 45:15 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), Quran 40:9 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 24:14 (Surah An-Noor). For example, 37:40 reads: “But not the chosen servants of Allah.” 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 2:179 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:179 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “And there is for you in legal retribution [saving of] life, O you [people] of understanding, that you may become righteous.”

Which surah is verse 2:179 in?

Quran 2:179 is āyah 179 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:179?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:179 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.