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Al-Baqarah 120

Ayah 120 of 286 · Medinan

وَلَن تَرۡضَىٰ عَنكَ ٱلۡيَهُودُ وَلَا ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمۡۗ قُلۡ إِنَّ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ هُوَ ٱلۡهُدَىٰۗ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعۡتَ أَهۡوَآءَهُم بَعۡدَ ٱلَّذِي جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلۡعِلۡمِ مَا لَكَ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِيّٖ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ ١٢٠

And never will the Jews and the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allāh is the [only] guidance." If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allāh no protector or helper.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَنAnd neverwalan
  2. تَرۡضَىٰwill be pleasedtarḍā
  3. عَنكَwith youʿanka
  4. ٱلۡيَهُودُthe Jewsl-yahūdu
  5. وَلَاand [not]walā
  6. ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰthe Christiansl-naṣārā
  7. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  8. تَتَّبِعَyou followtattabiʿa
  9. مِلَّتَهُمۡۗtheir religionmillatahum
  10. قُلۡSayqul
  11. إِنَّIndeedinna
  12. هُدَى(the) Guidancehudā
  13. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  14. هُوَithuwa
  15. ٱلۡهُدَىٰۗ(is) the Guidancel-hudā
  16. وَلَئِنِAnd ifwala-ini
  17. ٱتَّبَعۡتَyou followittabaʿta
  18. أَهۡوَآءَهُمtheir desiresahwāahum
  19. بَعۡدَafterbaʿda
  20. ٱلَّذِيwhatalladhī
  21. جَآءَكَhas come to youjāaka
  22. مِنَofmina
  23. ٱلۡعِلۡمِthe knowledgel-ʿil'mi
  24. مَاnotmā
  25. لَكَfor youlaka
  26. مِنَfrommina
  27. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  28. مِنanymin
  29. وَلِيّٖprotectorwaliyyin
  30. وَلَاand notwalā
  31. نَصِيرٍany helpernaṣīrin

Tafsir

Allah addresses and warns His Prophet, telling him that the Jews and the Christians will never be happy with him unless he leaves Islam and follows what they do; and that if he, or one of his followers, were to do such a thing, after the clear truth has come to them, they would not find protection or help from Allah. This makes clear the seriousness of leaving the truth and of following people of falsehood.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran