Surah Al-Baqara 2:137 — translation and meaning

البقرة · Verse 137 / 286 · Page 21

ۖ ۚ ۖ فَإِنْ آمَنُوا بِمِثْلِ مَا آمَنتُم بِهِ فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوا وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِي شِقَاقٍ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

Word by Word

ۖ
ۚ
ۖ
فَإِنْ
fa-in
So if
آمَنُوا
amanu
they believe[d]
بِمِثْلِ
bimith'li
in (the) like
مَا
ma
(of) what
آمَنتُم
amantum
you have believed
بِهِ
bihi
in [it]
فَقَدِ
faqadi
then indeed
اهْتَدَوا
ih'tadaw
they are (rightly) guided
وَّإِن
wa-in
But if
تَوَلَّوْا
tawallaw
they turn away
فَإِنَّمَا
fa-innama
then only
هُمْ
hum
they
فِي
fi
(are) in
شِقَاقٍ
shiqaqin
dissension
فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ
fasayakfikahumu
So will suffice you against them
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and He
السَّمِيعُ
al-sami'u
(is) the All-Hearing
الْعَلِيمُ
al-'alimu
the All-Knowing

Transliteration

Fa in aamanoo bimisli maaa aamantum bihee faqadih tadaw wa in tawallaw fa innamaa hum fee shiqaaq; fasayakfeekahumul laah; wa Huwas Samee'ul Aleem

Translation

So if they believe in the same as you believe in, then they have been [rightly] guided; but if they turn away, they are only in dissension, and Allah will be sufficient for you against them. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

If the Jews and the Christians, and other disbelievers, have faith in the same way that you do, then they have been guided to the right way of life which Allah is satisfied with. Yet if they turn away from faith because they reject all the prophets or some of them, then they are in disagreement and are against you. Do not be sad, O Prophet, because Allah will protect you from their harm and evil, and give you victory over them. Allah hears all that they say, and knows all their intentions and actions.

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

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