Quran 2:111 — Al-Baqara, verse 111
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They also say, ‘No one will enter Paradise unless he is a Jew or a Christian.’ This is their own wishful thinking. [Prophet], say, ‘Produce your evidence, if you are telling the truth.’
وَقَالُوا لَنْ يَدْخُلَ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَنْ كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَارَىٰ ۗ تِلْكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمْ ۗ قُلْ هَاتُوا بُرْهَانَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
waqālū lan yadkhula l-janata illā man kāna hūdan aw naṣārā til'ka amāniyyuhum qul hātū bur'hānakum in kuntum ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And they say, 'None shall enter Paradise except that they be Jews or Christians.' Such are their fancies. Say: 'Produce your proof, if you speak truly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND THEY claim, "None shall ever enter paradise unless he be a Jew" - or, "a Christian". Such are their wishful beliefs! Say: "Produce an evidence for what you are claiming, if what you say is true!"
- Sahih International
- And they say, "None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." That is [merely] their wishful thinking. Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالُوا۟waqālū | And they said | قول |
| 2 | لَنlan | Never | — |
| 3 | يَدْخُلَyadkhula | will enter | دخل |
| 4 | ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata | the Paradise | جنن |
| 5 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 6 | مَنman | who | — |
| 7 | كَانَkāna | is | كون |
| 8 | هُودًاhūdan | (a) Jew[s] | هود |
| 9 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 10 | نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۗnaṣārā | (a) Christian[s] | نصر |
| 11 | تِلْكَtil'ka | That | — |
| 12 | أَمَانِيُّهُمْ ۗamāniyyuhum | (is) their wishful thinking | مني |
| 13 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 14 | هَاتُوا۟hātū | Bring | هأت |
| 15 | بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْbur'hānakum | your proof | برهن |
| 16 | إِنin | if | — |
| 17 | كُنتُمْkuntum | you are | كون |
| 18 | صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna | [those who are] truthful | صدق |