Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 103 (2:103)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَٱتَّقَوْا۟ لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيْرٌ ۖ لَّوْ كَانُوا۟ …

Quran 2:103 is ayah 103 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 16 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:103
وَلَوْأَنَّهُمْءَامَنُوا۟وَٱتَّقَوْا۟لَمَثُوبَةٌمِّنْعِندِٱللَّهِخَيْرٌ ۖلَّوْكَانُوا۟يَعْلَمُونَ١٠٣
walaw annahum āmanū wa-ittaqaw lamathūbatun min ʿindi l-lahi khayrun law kānū yaʿlamūna

And if they had believed and feared Allāh, then the reward from Allāh would have been [far] better, if they only knew.(103)

Word by word

  1. وَلَوْwalawAnd if
  2. أَنَّهُمْannahum[that] they
  3. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū(had) believed
  4. وَٱتَّقَوْا۟wa-ittaqawand feared (Allah)
  5. لَمَثُوبَةٌlamathūbatunsurely (the) reward
  6. مِّنْmin(of)
  7. عِندِʿindifrom
  8. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  9. خَيْرٌ ۖkhayrun(would have been) better
  10. لَّوْlawif
  11. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  12. يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna(to) know

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