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Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 137 (2:137)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

فَإِنْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَآ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ …

Quran 2:137 is ayah 137 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 21 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:137
فَإِنْءَامَنُوا۟بِمِثْلِمَآءَامَنتُمبِهِۦفَقَدِٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖوَّإِنتَوَلَّوْا۟فَإِنَّمَاهُمْفِىشِقَاقٍ ۖفَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُٱللَّهُ ۚوَهُوَٱلسَّمِيعُٱلْعَلِيمُ١٣٧
fa-in āmanū bimith'li mā āmantum bihi faqadi ih'tadaw wa-in tawallaw fa-innamā hum fī shiqāqin fasayakfīkahumu l-lahu wahuwa l-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu

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 Allāh will be sufficient for you against them. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.(137)

Word by word

  1. فَإِنْfa-inSo if
  2. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believe[d]
  3. بِمِثْلِbimith'liin (the) like
  4. مَآmā(of) what
  5. ءَامَنتُمāmantumyou have believed
  6. بِهِۦbihiin [it]
  7. فَقَدِfaqadithen indeed
  8. ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖih'tadawthey are (rightly) guided
  9. وَّإِنwa-inBut if
  10. تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn away
  11. فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
  12. هُمْhumthey
  13. فِىfī(are) in
  14. شِقَاقٍ ۖshiqāqindissension
  15. فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُfasayakfīkahumuSo will suffice you against them
  16. ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
  17. وَهُوَwahuwaand He
  18. ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearing
  19. ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knowing

Tafsir (commentary) of 2:137

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This commentary explains ayahs 2:137–138 together.

Allah said, if they, the disbelievers among the People of the Book and other disbelievers, believe in all of Allah's Books and Messengers and do not differentiate between any of them,

فَقَدِ اهْتَدَواْ

(then they are rightly guided) meaning, they would acquire the truth and be directed to it.

وَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ

(but if they turn away) from truth to falsehood after proof had been presented to them,

فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِى شِقَاقٍ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ

(then they are only in opposition. So Allah will suffice you against them) meaning, Allah will aid the believers against them,

وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

(And He is the Hearer, the Knower). Allah said,

صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ

(The Sibghah of Allah). Ad-Dahhak said that Ibn `Abbas commented, "The religion of Allah." This Tafsir was also reported of Mujahid, Abu Al-`Aliyah, `Ikrimah, Ibrahim, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak, `Abdullah bin Kathir, `Atiyah Al-`Awfi, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas, As-Suddi and other scholars. The Ayah,

فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ

(Allah's Fitrah (i.e. Allah's Islamic Monotheism)) (30:30) directs Muslims to, "Hold to it."

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