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Al-Baqarah 103

Ayah 103 of 286 · Medinan

وَلَوۡ أَنَّهُمۡ ءَامَنُواْ وَٱتَّقَوۡاْ لَمَثُوبَةٞ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ خَيۡرٞۚ لَّوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٠٣

And if they had believed and feared Allāh, then the reward from Allāh would have been [far] better, if they only knew.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  2. أَنَّهُمۡ[that] theyannahum
  3. ءَامَنُواْ(had) believedāmanū
  4. وَٱتَّقَوۡاْand feared (Allah)wa-ittaqaw
  5. لَمَثُوبَةٞsurely (the) rewardlamathūbatun
  6. مِّنۡ(of)min
  7. عِندِfromʿindi
  8. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  9. خَيۡرٞۚ(would have been) betterkhayrun
  10. لَّوۡiflaw
  11. كَانُواْthey werekānū
  12. يَعۡلَمُونَ(to) knowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

If the Jews had really had faith in Allah, and been mindful to obey His sacred law and not rebel, His reward would have been far better for them, if they only knew.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran