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Al-Baqarah 155

Ayah 155 of 286 · Medinan

وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡخَوۡفِ وَٱلۡجُوعِ وَنَقۡصٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ١٥٥

And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُمAnd surely We will test youwalanabluwannakum
  2. بِشَيۡءٖwith somethingbishayin
  3. مِّنَofmina
  4. ٱلۡخَوۡفِ[the] fearl-khawfi
  5. وَٱلۡجُوعِand [the] hungerwal-jūʿi
  6. وَنَقۡصٖand losswanaqṣin
  7. مِّنَofmina
  8. ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ[the] wealthl-amwāli
  9. وَٱلۡأَنفُسِand [the] liveswal-anfusi
  10. وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۗand [the] fruitswal-thamarāti
  11. وَبَشِّرِbut give good newswabashiri
  12. ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ(to) the patient onesl-ṣābirīna

Tafsir

Allah will test people with different types of hardships: some with fear of those who are against them; hunger because of lack of food; lack of money because of losing it or difficulty gaining it; loss of lives due to death from diseases and tragedies that kill people, or being martyred for the sake of Allah; and a lack of resources from the earth. Give good news, O Prophet, to those who are patient in the face of these hardships, of what will make them happy in this world and in the Afterlife.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran