أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
ٱشۡتَرَوُاْ
ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ
بِٱلۡهُدَىٰ
فَمَا
رَبِحَت
تِّجَٰرَتُهُمۡ
وَمَا
كَانُواْ
مُهۡتَدِينَ
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They are the ones who trade guidance for misguidance. But this trade is profitless, and they are not ˹rightly˺ guided.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
Those are the ones who have purchased error [in exchange] for guidance, so their transaction has brought no profit, nor were they guided.
— Saheeh International
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
In his Tafsir, As-Suddi reported that Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud commented on;
أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُاْ الضَّلَلَةَ بِالْهُدَى
(These are they who have purchased error with guidance) saying it means, "They pursued misguidance and abandoned guidance. " Mujahid said, "They believed and then disb
…In his Tafsir, As-Suddi reported that Ibn `Abbas and Ibn Mas`ud commented on;
أُوْلَئِكَ الَّذِينَ اشْتَرَوُاْ الضَّلَلَةَ بِالْهُدَى
(These are they w
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