Quran 2:186 — Al-Baqara, verse 186
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
[Prophet], if My servants ask you about Me, I am near. I respond to those who call Me, so let them respond to Me, and believe in Me, so that they may be guided.
وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ ۖ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ ۖ فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا لِي وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا بِي لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْشُدُونَ
wa-idhā sa-alaka ʿibādī ʿannī fa-innī qarībun ujību daʿwata l-dāʿi idhā daʿāni falyastajībū lī walyu'minū bī laʿallahum yarshudūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when My servants question thee concerning Me -- I am near to answer the call of the caller, when he calls to Me; so let them respond to Me, and let them believe in Me; haply so they will go aright.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND IF My servants ask thee about Me - behold, I am near; I respond to the call of him who calls, whenever he calls unto Me: let them, then, respond unto Me, and believe in Me, so that they might follow the right way.
- Sahih International
- And when My servants ask you, [O Muḥammad], concerning Me - indeed I am near. I respond to the invocation of the supplicant when he calls upon Me. So let them respond to Me [by obedience] and believe in Me that they may be [rightly] guided.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | سَأَلَكَsa-alaka | ask you | سأل |
| 3 | عِبَادِىʿibādī | My servants | عبد |
| 4 | عَنِّىʿannī | about Me | — |
| 5 | فَإِنِّىfa-innī | then indeed I am | — |
| 6 | قَرِيبٌ ۖqarībun | near | قرب |
| 7 | أُجِيبُujību | I respond | جوب |
| 8 | دَعْوَةَdaʿwata | (to the) invocation | دعو |
| 9 | ٱلدَّاعِl-dāʿi | (of) the supplicant | دعو |
| 10 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 11 | دَعَانِ ۖdaʿāni | he calls Me | دعو |
| 12 | فَلْيَسْتَجِيبُوا۟falyastajībū | So let them respond | جوب |
| 13 | لِىlī | to Me | — |
| 14 | وَلْيُؤْمِنُوا۟walyu'minū | and let them believe | أمن |
| 15 | بِىbī | in Me | — |
| 16 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | so that they may | — |
| 17 | يَرْشُدُونَyarshudūna | (be) led aright | رشد |