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An-Nahl (The Bee)

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وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِعَهْدِ ٱللَّهِ ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًا ۚ إِنَّمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ هُوَ خَيْرٌۭ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ﴿٩٥

Translation (Sahih International)

And do not exchange the covenant of Allah for a small price. Indeed, what is with Allah is best for you, if only you could know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تَشْتَرُوا۟tashtarūexchange
بِعَهْدِbiʿahdithe covenant
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
ثَمَنًۭاthamanan(for) a price
قَلِيلًا ۚqalīlanlittle
إِنَّمَاinnamāIndeed, what
عِندَʿinda(is) with
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
هُوَhuwait
خَيْرٌۭkhayrun(is) better
لَّكُمْlakumfor you
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou were (to)
تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

If Allah had willed, He would have made all of Humanity one NationAllah says: وَلَوْ شَآءَ اللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ(And had Allah willed, He would have made you) meaning - O mankind, أُمَّةً وَحِدَةً((all) one nation,) This is like the Ayah: وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لآمَنَ مَن فِى الاٌّرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا(And had your Lord willed, all of those on earth would have believed together.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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