ٱلْبَقَرَة : ٩٠

  • بِئۡسَمَا Evil (is) that
  • ٱشۡتَرَوۡاْ (for) which they have sold
  • بِهِۦٓ with
  • أَنفُسَهُمۡ themselves
  • أَن that
  • يَكۡفُرُواْ they disbelieve
  • بِمَآ in what
  • أَنزَلَ has revealed
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah
  • بَغۡيًا grudging
  • أَن that
  • يُنَزِّلَ sends down
  • ٱللَّهُ Allah
  • مِن of
  • فَضۡلِهِۦ His Grace
  • عَلَىٰ on
  • مَن whom
  • يَشَآءُ He wills
  • مِنۡ from
  • عِبَادِهِۦۖ His servants
  • فَبَآءُو So they have drawn (on themselves)
  • بِغَضَبٍ wrath
  • عَلَىٰ upon
  • غَضَبٖۚ wrath
  • وَلِلۡكَٰفِرِينَ And for the disbelievers
  • عَذَابٞ (is) a punishment
  • مُّهِينٞ humiliating
How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allāh has revealed through [their] outrage that Allāh 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.
Evil is that for which they sell their souls, that is, their share of the reward [in the Hereafter] (bi'samaa, 'evil is that [for] which': maa here is an indefinite particle, representing 'a thing', and constitutes a specification qualifying the subject of [the verb] bi's, 'evil is', the very thing being singled out for criticism); that they disbelieve in that, Qur'aan, which God has revealed, grudging (baghyan here is an object denoting reason for yakfuroo, 'they disbelieve'), that is, out of envy, that God should reveal (read either yunzil or yunazzil) of His bounty, the Inspiration, to whomever He will of His servants, to deliver the Message; and they were laden, they returned, with anger, from God for their disbelief in what He has revealed (the indefinite form, bighadabin, 'with anger', is used to emphasise the awesomeness [of the 'anger']), upon anger, which they deserved formerly, when they neglected the Torah and disbelieved in Jesus; and for the disbelievers there shall be a humiliating chastisement.