Quran 2:138 — Al-Baqara, verse 138
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
‘[Our life] takes its colour from God, and who gives a better colour than God? It is Him we worship.’
صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ صِبْغَةً ۖ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ عَابِدُونَ
ṣib'ghata l-lahi waman aḥsanu mina l-lahi ṣib'ghatan wanaḥnu lahu ʿābidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- the baptism of God; and who is there that baptizes fairer than God? Him we are serving.
- Muhammad Asad
- [Say: "Our life takes its] hue from God! And who could give a better hue [to life] than God, if we but truly worship Him?"
- Sahih International
- [And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | صِبْغَةَṣib'ghata | (The) color (religion) | صبغ |
| 2 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 3 | وَمَنْwaman | And who | — |
| 4 | أَحْسَنُaḥsanu | (is) better | حسن |
| 5 | مِنَmina | than | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | صِبْغَةًۭ ۖṣib'ghatan | at coloring | صبغ |
| 8 | وَنَحْنُwanaḥnu | And we | — |
| 9 | لَهُۥlahu | to Him | — |
| 10 | عَـٰبِدُونَʿābidūna | (are) worshippers | عبد |