Surah Al-Baqara 2:108 — translation and meaning

البقرة · Verse 108 / 286 · Page 17

ۗ أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَن تَسْأَلُوا رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسَى مِن قَبْلُ وَمَن يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمَانِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ

Word by Word

ۗ
أَمْ
am
Or
تُرِيدُونَ
turiduna
(do) you wish
أَن
an
that
تَسْأَلُوا
tasalu
you ask
رَسُولَكُمْ
rasulakum
your Messenger
كَمَا
kama
as
سُئِلَ
su-ila
was asked
مُوسَى
musa
Musa
مِن
min
from
قَبْلُ
qablu
before
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَتَبَدَّلِ
yatabaddali
exchanges
الْكُفْرَ
al-kuf'ra
[the] disbelief
بِالْإِيمَانِ
bil-imani
with [the] faith
فَقَدْ
faqad
so certainly
ضَلَّ
dalla
he went astray (from)
سَوَاءَ
sawaa
(the) evenness
السَّبِيلِ
al-sabili
(of) the way

Transliteration

Am tureedoona an tas'aloo Rasoolakum kamaa su'ila Moosa min qabl; wa mai yatabaddalil kufra bil eemaani faqad dalla sawaaa'as sabeel

Translation

Or do you intend to ask your Messenger as Moses was asked before? And whoever exchanges faith for disbelief has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O believers, it is not right for you to question your Prophet, resisting and quarrelling with the revelation as the people of Moses questioned their prophet before, like when they said, ‘Show us Allah openly’ [ Sūrah Al-Nisā’: 153]. Whoever exchanges faith for disbelief has lost the balanced way, the right path.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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