Surah Al-Baqara 2:130 — translation and meaning

البقرة · Verse 130 / 286 · Page 20

ۖ ۚ وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُ وَلَقَدِ اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ لَمِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۚ
وَمَن
waman
And who
يَرْغَبُ
yarghabu
will turn away
عَن
an
from
مِّلَّةِ
millati
(the) religion
إِبْرَاهِيمَ
ib'rahima
(of) Ibrahim
إِلَّا
illa
except
مَن
man
who
سَفِهَ
safiha
fooled
نَفْسَهُ
nafsahu
himself
وَلَقَدِ
walaqadi
And indeed
اصْطَفَيْنَاهُ
is'tafaynahu
We chose him
فِي
fi
in
الدُّنْيَا
al-dun'ya
the world
وَإِنَّهُ
wa-innahu
and indeed he
فِي
fi
in
الْآخِرَةِ
al-akhirati
the Hereafter
لَمِنَ
lamina
surely (will be) among
الصَّالِحِينَ
al-salihina
the righteous

Transliteration

Wa manny yarghabu 'am-Millarti Ibraaheema illaa man safiha nafsah; wa laqadis tafainaahu fid-dunyaa wa innaho fil aakhirati laminas saaliheen

Translation

And who would be averse to the religion of Abraham except one who makes a fool of himself. And We had chosen him in this world, and indeed he, in the Hereafter, will be among the righteous.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

No one turns away from the religion of Abraham, peace be upon him, to other ways of life except those who do not know their own worth, and are content with humiliation. God chose him as a messenger in this world and as a friend of God, and in the Hereafter he will be one of the righteous people who fulfilled what God required them to do, and so reached the highest levels.

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

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