Quran 2:13 — Al-Baqara, verse 13
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When it is said to them, ‘Believe, as the others believe,’ they say, ‘Should we believe as the fools do?’ but they are the fools, though they do not know it.
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَا آمَنَ السُّفَهَاءُ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ وَلَـٰكِنْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
wa-idhā qīla lahum āminū kamā āmana l-nāsu qālū anu'minu kamā āmana l-sufahāu alā innahum humu l-sufahāu walākin lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When it is said to them, 'Believe as the people believe', they say, 'Shall we believe, as fools believe?' Truly, they are the foolish ones, but they do not know.
- Muhammad Asad
- And when they are told, "Believe as other people believe," they answer, "Shall we believe as the weak-minded believe?" Oh, verily, it is they, they who are weak-minded -but they know it not!
- Sahih International
- And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | قِيلَqīla | it is said | قول |
| 3 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 4 | ءَامِنُوا۟āminū | Believe | أمن |
| 5 | كَمَآkamā | as | — |
| 6 | ءَامَنَāmana | believed | أمن |
| 7 | ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsu | the people | نوس |
| 8 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 9 | أَنُؤْمِنُanu'minu | Should we believe | أمن |
| 10 | كَمَآkamā | as | — |
| 11 | ءَامَنَāmana | believed | أمن |
| 12 | ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗl-sufahāu | the fools | سفه |
| 13 | أَلَآalā | Beware | — |
| 14 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | certainly they | — |
| 15 | هُمُhumu | themselves | — |
| 16 | ٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāu | (are) the fools | سفه |
| 17 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | [and] but | — |
| 18 | لَّاlā | not | — |
| 19 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | they know | علم |