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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 156of 286

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌۭ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ﴿١٥٦

Translation (Sahih International)

Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return."

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
إِذَآidhāwhen
أَصَـٰبَتْهُمaṣābathumstrikes them
مُّصِيبَةٌۭmuṣībatuna misfortune
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
لِلَّهِlillahibelong to Allah
وَإِنَّآwa-innāand indeed we
إِلَيْهِilayhitowards Him
رَٰجِعُونَrājiʿūnawill return

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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