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Al-Baqarah 214

Ayah 214 of 286 · Medinan

أَمۡ حَسِبۡتُمۡ أَن تَدۡخُلُواْ ٱلۡجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأۡتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوۡاْ مِن قَبۡلِكُمۖ مَّسَّتۡهُمُ ٱلۡبَأۡسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلۡزِلُواْ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصۡرُ ٱللَّهِۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصۡرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٞ ٢١٤

Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allāh?" Unquestionably, the help of Allāh is near.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَمۡOram
  2. حَسِبۡتُمۡ(do) you thinkḥasib'tum
  3. أَنthatan
  4. تَدۡخُلُواْyou will entertadkhulū
  5. ٱلۡجَنَّةَParadisel-janata
  6. وَلَمَّاwhile notwalammā
  7. يَأۡتِكُم(has) come to youyatikum
  8. مَّثَلُlike (came to)mathalu
  9. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  10. خَلَوۡاْpassed awaykhalaw
  11. مِنfrommin
  12. قَبۡلِكُمۖbefore youqablikum
  13. مَّسَّتۡهُمُTouched themmassathumu
  14. ٱلۡبَأۡسَآءُ[the] adversityl-basāu
  15. وَٱلضَّرَّآءُand [the] hardshipwal-ḍarāu
  16. وَزُلۡزِلُواْand they were shakenwazul'zilū
  17. حَتَّىٰuntilḥattā
  18. يَقُولَsaidyaqūla
  19. ٱلرَّسُولُthe Messengerl-rasūlu
  20. وَٱلَّذِينَand those whowa-alladhīna
  21. ءَامَنُواْbelievedāmanū
  22. مَعَهُۥwith himmaʿahu
  23. مَتَىٰWhenmatā
  24. نَصۡرُ[will] (the) helpnaṣru
  25. ٱللَّهِۗ(of) Allah (come)l-lahi
  26. أَلَآUnquestionablyalā
  27. إِنَّ[Indeed]inna
  28. نَصۡرَhelpnaṣra
  29. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  30. قَرِيبٞ(is) nearqarībun

Tafsir

Do you believers think that you will enter Paradise whilst you have not faced a trial like the people of the past? They were afflicted with severe sickness and poverty and were shaken by frightening events to the extent that they wanted the help of Allah to come as quick as possible; and the messenger and the believers with him began saying, ‘When is the help of Allah coming?’ The help of Allah is close to those that have faith and trust in Him.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran