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Al-Baqarah 94

Ayah 94 of 286 · Medinan

قُلۡ إِن كَانَتۡ لَكُمُ ٱلدَّارُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ خَالِصَةٗ مِّن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُاْ ٱلۡمَوۡتَ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٩٤

Say, [O Muḥammad], "If the home of the Hereafter with Allāh is for you alone and not the [other] people, then wish for death, if you should be truthful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. إِنIf in
  3. كَانَتۡiskānat
  4. لَكُمُfor youlakumu
  5. ٱلدَّارُthe homel-dāru
  6. ٱلۡأٓخِرَةُ(of) the Hereafterl-ākhiratu
  7. عِندَwithʿinda
  8. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  9. خَالِصَةٗexclusivelykhāliṣatan
  10. مِّنfrommin
  11. دُونِexcludingdūni
  12. ٱلنَّاسِthe mankindl-nāsi
  13. فَتَمَنَّوُاْthen wishfatamannawū
  14. ٱلۡمَوۡتَ(for) [the] deathl-mawta
  15. إِنifin
  16. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  17. صَٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

Tafsir

Say, O Prophet: Jews, if Paradise in the Afterlife is just for you, and no other people will enter it, then wish for death, and ask for it, so that you reach this place quickly, and can rest from the burdens and worries of the life of this world, if you are truthful about what you claim.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran