Quran 2:103 — Al-Baqara, verse 103
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
If they had believed and been mindful of God, their reward from Him would have been far better, if only they knew.
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ ۖ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
walaw annahum āmanū wa-ittaqaw lamathūbatun min ʿindi l-lahi khayrun law kānū yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet had they believed, and been godfearing, a recompense from God had been better, if they had but known.
- Muhammad Asad
- And had they but believed and been conscious of Him, reward from God would indeed have brought them good-had they but known it!
- Sahih International
- And if they had believed and feared Allāh, then the reward from Allāh would have been [far] better, if they only knew.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 2 | أَنَّهُمْannahum | [that] they | — |
| 3 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | (had) believed | أمن |
| 4 | وَٱتَّقَوْا۟wa-ittaqaw | and feared (Allah) | وقي |
| 5 | لَمَثُوبَةٌۭlamathūbatun | surely (the) reward | ثوب |
| 6 | مِّنْmin | (of) | — |
| 7 | عِندِʿindi | from | عند |
| 8 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 9 | خَيْرٌۭ ۖkhayrun | (would have been) better | خير |
| 10 | لَّوْlaw | if | — |
| 11 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they were | كون |
| 12 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | (to) know | علم |