Quran 2:14 — Al-Baqara, verse 14
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they meet the believers, they say, ‘We believe,’ but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, ‘We’re really with you; we were only mocking.’
وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَىٰ شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ
wa-idhā laqū alladhīna āmanū qālū āmannā wa-idhā khalaw ilā shayāṭīnihim qālū innā maʿakum innamā naḥnu mus'tahziūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When they meet those who believe, they say, 'We believe'; but when they go privily to their Satans, they say, 'We are with you; we were only mocking.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And when they meet those who have attained to faith, they assert, "We believe [as you believe]"; but when they find themselves alone with their- evil impulses, they say, "Verily, we are with you; we were only mocking!"
- Sahih International
- And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | لَقُوا۟laqū | they meet | لقي |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 5 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 6 | ءَامَنَّاāmannā | We believe[d] | أمن |
| 7 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | But when | — |
| 8 | خَلَوْا۟khalaw | they are alone | خلو |
| 9 | إِلَىٰilā | with | — |
| 10 | شَيَـٰطِينِهِمْshayāṭīnihim | their evil ones | شطن |
| 11 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 12 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 13 | مَعَكُمْmaʿakum | (are) with you | — |
| 14 | إِنَّمَاinnamā | only | — |
| 15 | نَحْنُnaḥnu | we | — |
| 16 | مُسْتَهْزِءُونَmus'tahziūna | (are) mockers | هزأ |