Quran 2:108 — Al-Baqara, verse 108
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you wish to demand of your messenger something similar to what was demanded of Moses? Whoever exchanges faith for disbelief has strayed far from the right path.
أَمْ تُرِيدُونَ أَنْ تَسْأَلُوا رَسُولَكُمْ كَمَا سُئِلَ مُوسَىٰ مِنْ قَبْلُ ۗ وَمَنْ يَتَبَدَّلِ الْكُفْرَ بِالْإِيمَانِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ سَوَاءَ السَّبِيلِ
am turīdūna an tasalū rasūlakum kamā su-ila mūsā min qablu waman yatabaddali l-kuf'ra bil-īmāni faqad ḍalla sawāa l-sabīli
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or do you desire to question your Messenger as Moses was questioned in former time? Whoso exchanges belief for unbelief has surely strayed from the right way.
- Muhammad Asad
- Would you, perchance, ask of the Apostle who has been sent unto you what was asked aforetime of Moses? But whoever chooses to deny the [evidence of the] truth, instead of believing in it, has already strayed from the right path.
- Sahih International
- Or do you intend to ask your Messenger as Moses was asked before? And whoever exchanges faith for disbelief has certainly strayed from the soundness of the way.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | تُرِيدُونَturīdūna | (do) you wish | رود |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | تَسْـَٔلُوا۟tasalū | you ask | سأل |
| 5 | رَسُولَكُمْrasūlakum | your Messenger | رسل |
| 6 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 7 | سُئِلَsu-ila | was asked | سأل |
| 8 | مُوسَىٰmūsā | Musa | — |
| 9 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 10 | قَبْلُ ۗqablu | before | قبل |
| 11 | وَمَنwaman | And whoever | — |
| 12 | يَتَبَدَّلِyatabaddali | exchanges | بدل |
| 13 | ٱلْكُفْرَl-kuf'ra | [the] disbelief | كفر |
| 14 | بِٱلْإِيمَـٰنِbil-īmāni | with [the] faith | أمن |
| 15 | فَقَدْfaqad | so certainly | — |
| 16 | ضَلَّḍalla | he went astray (from) | ضلل |
| 17 | سَوَآءَsawāa | (the) evenness | سوي |
| 18 | ٱلسَّبِيلِl-sabīli | (of) the way | سبل |