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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 137of 286

فَإِنْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَآ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِى شِقَاقٍۢ ۖ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ﴿١٣٧

Translation (Sahih International)

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.

Word-by-word meaning

فَإِنْfa-inSo if
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūthey believe[d]
بِمِثْلِbimith'liin (the) like
مَآ(of) what
ءَامَنتُمāmantumyou have believed
بِهِۦbihiin [it]
فَقَدِfaqadithen indeed
ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖih'tadawthey are (rightly) guided
وَّإِنwa-inBut if
تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn away
فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
هُمْhumthey
فِى(are) in
شِقَاقٍۢ ۖshiqāqindissension
فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُfasayakfīkahumuSo will suffice you against them
ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahuAllah
وَهُوَwahuwaand He
ٱلسَّمِيعُl-samīʿu(is) the All-Hearing
ٱلْعَلِيمُl-ʿalīmuthe All-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

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.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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