Quran 2:156 — Al-Baqara, verse 156
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
those who say, when afflicted with a calamity, ‘We belong to God and to Him we shall return.’
الَّذِينَ إِذَا أَصَابَتْهُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ قَالُوا إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
alladhīna idhā aṣābathum muṣībatun qālū innā lillahi wa-innā ilayhi rājiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- who, when they are visited by an affliction, say, 'Surely we belong to God, and to Him we return';
- Muhammad Asad
- who, when calamity befalls them, say, "Verily, unto God do we belong and, verily, unto Him we shall return."
- Sahih International
- Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him we will return."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | Those who | — |
| 2 | إِذَآidhā | when | — |
| 3 | أَصَـٰبَتْهُمaṣābathum | strikes them | صوب |
| 4 | مُّصِيبَةٌۭmuṣībatun | a misfortune | صوب |
| 5 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 6 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 7 | لِلَّهِlillahi | belong to Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَإِنَّآwa-innā | and indeed we | — |
| 9 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | towards Him | — |
| 10 | رَٰجِعُونَrājiʿūna | will return | رجع |