Quran 2:204 — Al-Baqara, verse 204
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
There is [a kind of] man whose views on the life of this world may please you [Prophet], he even calls on God to witness what is in his heart, yet he is the bitterest of opponents.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ اللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا فِي قَلْبِهِ وَهُوَ أَلَدُّ الْخِصَامِ
wamina l-nāsi man yuʿ'jibuka qawluhu fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wayush'hidu l-laha ʿalā mā fī qalbihi wahuwa aladdu l-khiṣāmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And some men there are whose saying upon the present world pleases thee, and such a one calls on God to witness what is in his heart, yet he is most stubborn in altercation,
- Muhammad Asad
- NOW THERE IS a kind of man whose views on the life of this world may please thee greatly, and [the more so as] he cites God as witness to what is in his heart and is, moreover, exceedingly skillful in argument.
- Sahih International
- And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allāh to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And of | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 3 | مَنman | (is the one) who | — |
| 4 | يُعْجِبُكَyuʿ'jibuka | pleases you | عجب |
| 5 | قَوْلُهُۥqawluhu | (with) his speech | قول |
| 6 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 7 | ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayati | the life | حيي |
| 8 | ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā | (of) the world | دنو |
| 9 | وَيُشْهِدُwayush'hidu | and he calls to witness | شهد |
| 10 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 11 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 12 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 13 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 14 | قَلْبِهِۦqalbihi | his heart | قلب |
| 15 | وَهُوَwahuwa | and he | — |
| 16 | أَلَدُّaladdu | (is) the most quarrelsome | لدد |
| 17 | ٱلْخِصَامِl-khiṣāmi | (of) opponents | خصم |