Quran 2:165 — Al-Baqara, verse 165
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Even so, there are some who choose to worship others besides God as rivals to Him, loving them with the love due to God, but the believers have greater love for God. If only the idolaters could see- as they will see when they face the torment- that all power belongs to God, and that God punishes severely.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَتَّخِذُ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنْدَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ اللَّهِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِلَّهِ ۗ وَلَوْ يَرَى الَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا إِذْ يَرَوْنَ الْعَذَابَ أَنَّ الْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ شَدِيدُ الْعَذَابِ
wamina l-nāsi man yattakhidhu min dūni l-lahi andādan yuḥibbūnahum kaḥubbi l-lahi wa-alladhīna āmanū ashaddu ḥubban lillahi walaw yarā alladhīna ẓalamū idh yarawna l-ʿadhāba anna l-quwata lillahi jamīʿan wa-anna l-laha shadīdu l-ʿadhābi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet there be men who take to themselves compeers apart from God, loving them as God is loved; but those that believe love God more ardently. O if the evildoers might see, when they see the chastisement, that the power altogether belongs to God, and that God is terrible in chastisement,
- Muhammad Asad
- And yet there are people who choose to believe in beings that allegedly rival God, loving them as [only] God should be loved: whereas those who have attained to faith love God more than all else. If they who are bent on evildoing could but see - as see they will when they are made to suffer [on Resurrection Day] -that all might belongs to God alone, and that God is severe in [meting out] punishment!
- Sahih International
- And [yet], among the people are those who take other than Allāh as equals [to Him]. They love them as they [should] love Allāh. But those who believe are stronger in love for Allāh. And if only they who have wronged would consider [that] when they see the punishment, [they will be certain] that all power belongs to Allāh and that Allāh is severe in punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And among | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the mankind | نوس |
| 3 | مَنman | who | — |
| 4 | يَتَّخِذُyattakhidhu | takes | أخذ |
| 5 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 6 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 8 | أَندَادًۭاandādan | equals | ندد |
| 9 | يُحِبُّونَهُمْyuḥibbūnahum | They love them | حبب |
| 10 | كَحُبِّkaḥubbi | as (they should) love | حبب |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 13 | ءَامَنُوٓا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 14 | أَشَدُّashaddu | (are) stronger | شدد |
| 15 | حُبًّۭاḥubban | (in) love | حبب |
| 16 | لِّلَّهِ ۗlillahi | for Allah | أله |
| 17 | وَلَوْwalaw | And if | — |
| 18 | يَرَىyarā | would see | رأي |
| 19 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 20 | ظَلَمُوٓا۟ẓalamū | wronged | ظلم |
| 21 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 22 | يَرَوْنَyarawna | they will see | رأي |
| 23 | ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب |
| 24 | أَنَّanna | that | — |
| 25 | ٱلْقُوَّةَl-quwata | the power | قوي |
| 26 | لِلَّهِlillahi | (belongs) to Allah | أله |
| 27 | جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿan | all | جمع |
| 28 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | and [that] | — |
| 29 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 30 | شَدِيدُshadīdu | (is) severe | شدد |
| 31 | ٱلْعَذَابِl-ʿadhābi | (in) [the] punishment | عذب |