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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 13of 286

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمْlahumto them
ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve
كَمَآkamāas
ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
أَنُؤْمِنُanu'minuShould we believe
كَمَآkamāas
ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗl-sufahāuthe fools
أَلَآalāBeware
إِنَّهُمْinnahumcertainly they
هُمُhumuthemselves
ٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāu(are) the fools
وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
لَّاnot
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah said that if the hypocrites are told,ءَامِنُواْ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ النَّاسُ("Believe as the people believe,"), meaning, `Believe just as the believers believe in Allah, His angels, His Books, His Messengers, Resurrection after death, Paradise and Hellfire, etc. And obey Allah and His Messenger by heeding the commandments and avoiding the prohibitions.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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