Quran 2:120 — Al-Baqara, verse 120
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The Jews and the Christians will never be pleased with you unless you follow their ways. Say, ‘God’s guidance is the only true guidance.’ If you were to follow their desires after the knowledge that has come to you, you would find no one to protect you from God or help you.
وَلَنْ تَرْضَىٰ عَنْكَ الْيَهُودُ وَلَا النَّصَارَىٰ حَتَّىٰ تَتَّبِعَ مِلَّتَهُمْ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ هُدَى اللَّهِ هُوَ الْهُدَىٰ ۗ وَلَئِنِ اتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَاءَهُمْ بَعْدَ الَّذِي جَاءَكَ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ ۙ مَا لَكَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ وَلِيٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ
walan tarḍā ʿanka l-yahūdu walā l-naṣārā ḥattā tattabiʿa millatahum qul inna hudā l-lahi huwa l-hudā wala-ini ittabaʿta ahwāahum baʿda alladhī jāaka mina l-ʿil'mi mā laka mina l-lahi min waliyyin walā naṣīrin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Never will the Jews be satisfied with thee, neither the Christians, not till thou followest their religion. Say: 'God's guidance is the true guidance.' If thou followest their caprices, after the knowledge that has come to thee, thou shalt have against God neither protector nor helper.
- Muhammad Asad
- For, never will the Jews be pleased with thee. nor yet the Christians, unless thou follow their own creeds. Say: "Behold, God's guidance is the only true guidance." And, indeed, if thou shouldst follow their errant views after all the knowledge that has come unto thee. thou wouldst have none to protect thee from God, and none to bring thee succour.
- Sahih International
- And never will the Jews and the Christians approve of you until you follow their religion. Say, "Indeed, the guidance of Allāh is the [only] guidance." If you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, you would have against Allāh no protector or helper.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَنwalan | And never | — |
| 2 | تَرْضَىٰtarḍā | will be pleased | رضو |
| 3 | عَنكَʿanka | with you | — |
| 4 | ٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūdu | the Jews | — |
| 5 | وَلَاwalā | and [not] | — |
| 6 | ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰl-naṣārā | the Christians | نصر |
| 7 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 8 | تَتَّبِعَtattabiʿa | you follow | تبع |
| 9 | مِلَّتَهُمْ ۗmillatahum | their religion | ملل |
| 10 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 11 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 12 | هُدَىhudā | (the) Guidance | هدي |
| 13 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 14 | هُوَhuwa | it | — |
| 15 | ٱلْهُدَىٰ ۗl-hudā | (is) the Guidance | هدي |
| 16 | وَلَئِنِwala-ini | And if | — |
| 17 | ٱتَّبَعْتَittabaʿta | you follow | تبع |
| 18 | أَهْوَآءَهُمahwāahum | their desires | هوي |
| 19 | بَعْدَbaʿda | after | بعد |
| 20 | ٱلَّذِىalladhī | what | — |
| 21 | جَآءَكَjāaka | has come to you | جيأ |
| 22 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 23 | ٱلْعِلْمِ ۙl-ʿil'mi | the knowledge | علم |
| 24 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 25 | لَكَlaka | for you | — |
| 26 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 27 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 28 | مِنmin | any | — |
| 29 | وَلِىٍّۢwaliyyin | protector | ولي |
| 30 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 31 | نَصِيرٍnaṣīrin | any helper | نصر |