Quran 2:214 — Al-Baqara, verse 214
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you suppose that you will enter the Garden without first having suffered like those before you? They were afflicted by misfortune and hardship, and they were so shaken that even [their] messenger and the believers with him cried, ‘When will God’s help arrive?’ Truly, God’s help is near.
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُمْ مَثَلُ الَّذِينَ خَلَوْا مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ ۖ مَسَّتْهُمُ الْبَأْسَاءُ وَالضَّرَّاءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مَعَهُ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ اللَّهِ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّ نَصْرَ اللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ
am ḥasib'tum an tadkhulū l-janata walammā yatikum mathalu alladhīna khalaw min qablikum massathumu l-basāu wal-ḍarāu wazul'zilū ḥattā yaqūla l-rasūlu wa-alladhīna āmanū maʿahu matā naṣru l-lahi alā inna naṣra l-lahi qarībun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Or did you suppose you should enter Paradise without there had come upon you the like of those who passed away before you? They were afflicted by misery and hardship and were so convulsed, that the Messenger and those who believed with him said, 'When comes God's help?' Ah, but surely God's help is nigh.
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] do you think that you could enter para-dise without having suffered like those [believers] who passed away before you? Misfortune and hardship befell them, and so shaken were they that the apostle, and the believers with him, would exclaim, "When will God's succour come?" Oh, verily, God's succour is [always] near!
- Sahih International
- Or do you think that you will enter Paradise while such [trial] has not yet come to you as came to those who passed on before you? They were touched by poverty and hardship and were shaken until [even their] messenger and those who believed with him said, "When is the help of Allāh?" Unquestionably, the help of Allāh is near.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَمْam | Or | — |
| 2 | حَسِبْتُمْḥasib'tum | (do) you think | حسب |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | تَدْخُلُوا۟tadkhulū | you will enter | دخل |
| 5 | ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janata | Paradise | جنن |
| 6 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | while not | — |
| 7 | يَأْتِكُمyatikum | (has) come to you | أتي |
| 8 | مَّثَلُmathalu | like (came to) | مثل |
| 9 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 10 | خَلَوْا۟khalaw | passed away | خلو |
| 11 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 12 | قَبْلِكُم ۖqablikum | before you | قبل |
| 13 | مَّسَّتْهُمُmassathumu | Touched them | مسس |
| 14 | ٱلْبَأْسَآءُl-basāu | [the] adversity | بأس |
| 15 | وَٱلضَّرَّآءُwal-ḍarāu | and [the] hardship | ضرر |
| 16 | وَزُلْزِلُوا۟wazul'zilū | and they were shaken | زلزل |
| 17 | حَتَّىٰḥattā | until | — |
| 18 | يَقُولَyaqūla | said | قول |
| 19 | ٱلرَّسُولُl-rasūlu | the Messenger | رسل |
| 20 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | and those who | — |
| 21 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believed | أمن |
| 22 | مَعَهُۥmaʿahu | with him | — |
| 23 | مَتَىٰmatā | When | — |
| 24 | نَصْرُnaṣru | [will] (the) help | نصر |
| 25 | ٱللَّهِ ۗl-lahi | (of) Allah (come) | أله |
| 26 | أَلَآalā | Unquestionably | — |
| 27 | إِنَّinna | [Indeed] | — |
| 28 | نَصْرَnaṣra | help | نصر |
| 29 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 30 | قَرِيبٌۭqarībun | (is) near | قرب |