Quran 2:28 — Al-Baqara, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
How can you ignore God when you were lifeless and He gave you life, when He will cause you to die, then resurrect you to be returned to Him?
كَيْفَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَكُنْتُمْ أَمْوَاتًا فَأَحْيَاكُمْ ۖ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ ثُمَّ إِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
kayfa takfurūna bil-lahi wakuntum amwātan fa-aḥyākum thumma yumītukum thumma yuḥ'yīkum thumma ilayhi tur'jaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- How do you disbelieve in God, seeing you were dead and He gave you life, then He shall make you dead, then He shall give you life, then unto Him you shall be returned?
- Muhammad Asad
- How can you refuse to acknowledge God, seeing that you were lifeless and He gave you life, and that He will cause you to die and then will bring you again to life, whereupon unto Him you will be brought back?
- Sahih International
- How can you disbelieve in Allāh when you were lifeless and He brought you to life; then He will cause you to die, then He will bring you [back] to life, and then to Him you will be returned.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | كَيْفَkayfa | How | كيف |
| 2 | تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna | (can) you disbelieve | كفر |
| 3 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 4 | وَكُنتُمْwakuntum | While you were | كون |
| 5 | أَمْوَٰتًۭاamwātan | dead | موت |
| 6 | فَأَحْيَـٰكُمْ ۖfa-aḥyākum | then He gave you life | حيي |
| 7 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 8 | يُمِيتُكُمْyumītukum | He will cause you to die | موت |
| 9 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 10 | يُحْيِيكُمْyuḥ'yīkum | He will give you life | حيي |
| 11 | ثُمَّthumma | then | — |
| 12 | إِلَيْهِilayhi | to Him | — |
| 13 | تُرْجَعُونَtur'jaʿūna | you will be returned | رجع |