Quran 2:257 — Al-Baqara, verse 257
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God is the ally of those who believe: He brings them out of the depths of darkness and into the light. As for the disbelievers, their allies are false gods who take them from the light into the depths of darkness, they are the inhabitants of the Fire, and there they will remain.
اللَّهُ وَلِيُّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا يُخْرِجُهُمْ مِنَ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ ۖ وَالَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا أَوْلِيَاؤُهُمُ الطَّاغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُمْ مِنَ النُّورِ إِلَى الظُّلُمَاتِ ۗ أُولَـٰئِكَ أَصْحَابُ النَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ
al-lahu waliyyu alladhīna āmanū yukh'rijuhum mina l-ẓulumāti ilā l-nūri wa-alladhīna kafarū awliyāuhumu l-ṭāghūtu yukh'rijūnahum mina l-nūri ilā l-ẓulumāti ulāika aṣḥābu l-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- God is the Protector of the believers; He brings them forth from the shadows into the light. And the unbelievers -- their protectors are idols, that bring them forth from the light into the shadows; those are the inhabitants of the Fire, therein dwelling forever.
- Muhammad Asad
- God is near unto those who have faith, taking them out of deep darkness into the light - whereas near unto those who are bent on denying the truth are the powers of evil that take them out of the light into darkness deep: it is they who are destined for the fire, therein to abide.
- Sahih International
- Allāh is the Ally of those who believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light. And those who disbelieve - their allies are ṭāghūt. They take them out of the light into darknesses. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ٱللَّهُal-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 2 | وَلِىُّwaliyyu | (is the) Protecting Guardian | ولي |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 4 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 5 | يُخْرِجُهُمyukh'rijuhum | He brings them out | خرج |
| 6 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 7 | ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumāti | [the] darkness | ظلم |
| 8 | إِلَىilā | towards | — |
| 9 | ٱلنُّورِ ۖl-nūri | [the] light | نور |
| 10 | وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīna | And those who | — |
| 11 | كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarū | disbelieve(d) | كفر |
| 12 | أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُawliyāuhumu | their guardians | ولي |
| 13 | ٱلطَّـٰغُوتُl-ṭāghūtu | (are) the evil ones | طغي |
| 14 | يُخْرِجُونَهُمyukh'rijūnahum | they bring them out | خرج |
| 15 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 16 | ٱلنُّورِl-nūri | the light | نور |
| 17 | إِلَىilā | towards | — |
| 18 | ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ ۗl-ẓulumāti | [the] darkness | ظلم |
| 19 | أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāika | Those | — |
| 20 | أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu | (are the) companions | صحب |
| 21 | ٱلنَّارِ ۖl-nāri | (of) the Fire | نور |
| 22 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 23 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 24 | خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna | will abide forever | خلد |