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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 214of 286

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم ۖ مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌۭ﴿٢١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allah?" Unquestionably, the help of Allah is near.

Word-by-word meaning

أَمْamOr
حَسِبْتُمْḥasib'tum(do) you think
أَنanthat
تَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulūyou will enter
ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janataParadise
وَلَمَّاwalammāwhile not
يَأْتِكُمyatikum(has) come to you
مَّثَلُmathalulike (came to)
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
خَلَوْا۟khalawpassed away
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكُم ۖqablikumbefore you
مَّسَّتْهُمُmassathumuTouched them
ٱلْبَأْسَآءُl-basāu[the] adversity
وَٱلضَّرَّآءُwal-ḍarāuand [the] hardship
وَزُلْزِلُوا۟wazul'zilūand they were shaken
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَقُولَyaqūlasaid
ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūluthe Messenger
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaand those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieved
مَعَهُۥmaʿahuwith him
مَتَىٰmatāWhen
نَصْرُnaṣru[will] (the) help
ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi(of) Allah (come)
أَلَآalāUnquestionably
إِنَّinna[Indeed]
نَصْرَnaṣrahelp
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
قَرِيبٌۭqarībun(is) near

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Victory only comes after succeeding in the Trials Allah said: أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُواْ الْجَنَّةَ (Or think you that you will enter Paradise) before you are tested and tried just like the nations that came before you This is why Allah said: وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْاْ مِن قَبْلِكُم مَّسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَآءُ وَالضَّرَّآءُ (...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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