Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 98 (2:98)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّلَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَىٰلَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَدُوٌّ …

Quran 2:98 is ayah 98 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 15 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:98
مَنكَانَعَدُوًّالِّلَّهِوَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦوَرُسُلِهِۦوَجِبْرِيلَوَمِيكَىٰلَفَإِنَّٱللَّهَعَدُوٌّلِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ٩٨
man kāna ʿaduwwan lillahi wamalāikatihi warusulihi wajib'rīla wamīkāla fa-inna l-laha ʿaduwwun lil'kāfirīna

Whoever is an enemy to Allāh and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allāh is an enemy to the disbelievers.(98)

Word by word

  1. مَنmanWhoever
  2. كَانَkānais
  3. عَدُوًّاʿaduwwanan enemy
  4. لِّلَّهِlillahi(to) Allah
  5. وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦwamalāikatihiand His Angels
  6. وَرُسُلِهِۦwarusulihiand His Messengers
  7. وَجِبْرِيلَwajib'rīlaand Jibreel
  8. وَمِيكَىٰلَwamīkālaand Meekael
  9. فَإِنَّfa-innathen indeed
  10. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  11. عَدُوٌّʿaduwwun(is) an enemy
  12. لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَlil'kāfirīnato the disbelievers

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