ٱشۡتَرَوۡاْ
بِـَٔايَٰتِ
ٱللَّهِ
ثَمَنٗا
قَلِيلٗا
فَصَدُّواْ
عَن
سَبِيلِهِۦٓۚ
إِنَّهُمۡ
سَآءَ
مَا
كَانُواْ
يَعۡمَلُونَ
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They have exchanged the signs of Allāh for a small price and averted [people] from His way. Indeed, it was evil that they were doing.
— Saheeh International
They chose a fleeting gain over Allah’s revelations, hindering ˹others˺ from His Way. Evil indeed is what they have done!
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
اشْتَرَوْاْ بَِايَتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً
(They have purchased with the Ayat of Allah a little gain,) idolators exchanged following the Ayat of Allah with the lower affairs of life that they indulged in,
فَصَدُّواْ عَن سَبِيلِهِ
(and they hindered men from His way), trying to prevent the believers
…اشْتَرَوْاْ بَِايَتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاً
(They have purchased with the Ayat of Allah a little gain,) idolators exchanged following the Ayat of All
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