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Al-Baqarah 13

Ayah 13 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ ءَامِنُواْ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓاْ أَنُؤۡمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمۡ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَٰكِن لَّا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٣

And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قِيلَit is saidqīla
  3. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  4. ءَامِنُواْBelieveāminū
  5. كَمَآaskamā
  6. ءَامَنَbelievedāmana
  7. ٱلنَّاسُthe peoplel-nāsu
  8. قَالُوٓاْthey sayqālū
  9. أَنُؤۡمِنُShould we believeanu'minu
  10. كَمَآaskamā
  11. ءَامَنَbelievedāmana
  12. ٱلسُّفَهَآءُۗthe foolsl-sufahāu
  13. أَلَآBewarealā
  14. إِنَّهُمۡcertainly theyinnahum
  15. هُمُthemselveshumu
  16. ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ(are) the foolsl-sufahāu
  17. وَلَٰكِن[and] butwalākin
  18. لَّاnotlā
  19. يَعۡلَمُونَthey knowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

When they are told to have faith as the companions of Muhammad (peace be upon him) did, they reply, looking down on people and making fun of them, saying “should we have faith like simple-minded people do?” In fact, it is they who are the fools, but they are unaware of this.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran