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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 138of 286

صِبْغَةَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ صِبْغَةًۭ ۖ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ عَٰبِدُونَ﴿١٣٨

Translation (Sahih International)

[And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allah. And who is better than Allah in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him."

Word-by-word meaning

صِبْغَةَṣib'ghata(The) color (religion)
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
وَمَنْwamanAnd who
أَحْسَنُaḥsanu(is) better
مِنَminathan
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
صِبْغَةًۭ ۖṣib'ghatanat coloring
وَنَحْنُwanaḥnuAnd we
لَهُۥlahuto Him
عَـٰبِدُونَʿābidūna(are) worshippers

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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