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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 155of 286

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍۢ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ﴿١٥٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمwalanabluwannakumAnd surely We will test you
بِشَىْءٍۢbishayinwith something
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْخَوْفِl-khawfi[the] fear
وَٱلْجُوعِwal-jūʿiand [the] hunger
وَنَقْصٍۢwanaqṣinand loss
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِl-amwāli[the] wealth
وَٱلْأَنفُسِwal-anfusiand [the] lives
وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗwal-thamarātiand [the] fruits
وَبَشِّرِwabashiribut give good news
ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَl-ṣābirīna(to) the patient ones

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Believer is Patient with the Affliction and thus gains a RewardAllah informs us that He tests and tries His servants, just as He said in another Ayah:وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُمْ حَتَّى نَعْلَمَ الْمُجَـهِدِينَ مِنكُمْ وَالصَّـبِرِينَ وَنَبْلُوَ أَخْبَـرَكُمْ(And surely, We shall try you till We test those who strive hard (for the cause of Allah) and As-Sabirin (the patient), and We shall test your facts (i.e., the one who is a liar, and the one who is truthful).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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