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Al-Baqarah 111

Ayah 111 of 286 · Medinan

وَقَالُواْ لَن يَدۡخُلَ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَن كَانَ هُودًا أَوۡ نَصَٰرَىٰۗ تِلۡكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمۡۗ قُلۡ هَاتُواْ بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ١١١

And they say, "None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." That is [merely] their wishful thinking. Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالُواْAnd they saidwaqālū
  2. لَنNeverlan
  3. يَدۡخُلَwill enteryadkhula
  4. ٱلۡجَنَّةَthe Paradisel-janata
  5. إِلَّاexceptillā
  6. مَنwhoman
  7. كَانَiskāna
  8. هُودًا(a) Jew[s]hūdan
  9. أَوۡoraw
  10. نَصَٰرَىٰۗ(a) Christian[s]naṣārā
  11. تِلۡكَThattil'ka
  12. أَمَانِيُّهُمۡۗ(is) their wishful thinkingamāniyyuhum
  13. قُلۡSayqul
  14. هَاتُواْBringhātū
  15. بُرۡهَٰنَكُمۡyour proofbur'hānakum
  16. إِنifin
  17. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  18. صَٰدِقِينَ[those who are] truthfulṣādiqīna

Tafsir

The Jews and the Christians each said that Paradise would be for them alone. These were just their vain wishes and imaginings. Tell them, O Prophet, in reply, to bring proof of what they were claiming if they were telling the truth.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran