Surah Al-Baqara 2:103 — translation and meaning
البقرة · Verse 103 / 286 · Page 16
ۖ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَّوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
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وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
أَنَّهُمْ
annahum
[that] they
آمَنُوا
amanu
(had) believed
وَاتَّقَوْا
wa-ittaqaw
and feared (Allah)
لَمَثُوبَةٌ
lamathubatun
surely (the) reward
مِّنْ
min
(of)
عِندِ
indi
from
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
خَيْرٌ
khayrun
(would have been) better
لَّوْ
law
if
كَانُوا
kanu
they were
يَعْلَمُونَ
ya'lamuna
(to) know
Transliteration
Wa law annahum aamanoo wattaqaw lamasoobatum min 'indillaahi khairun law kaanoo ya'lamoon
Translation
And if they had believed and feared Allah, then the reward from Allah would have been [far] better, if they only knew.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
If the Jews had really had faith in Allah, and been mindful to obey His sacred law and not rebel, His reward would have been far better for them, if they only knew.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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