Quran 2:38 — Al-Baqara, verse 38
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We said, ‘Get out, all of you! But when guidance comes from Me, as it certainly will, there will be no fear for those who follow My guidance nor will they grieve-
قُلْنَا اهْبِطُوا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًا ۖ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى فَمَنْ تَبِعَ هُدَايَ فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ
qul'nā ih'biṭū min'hā jamīʿan fa-immā yatiyannakum minnī hudan faman tabiʿa hudāya falā khawfun ʿalayhim walā hum yaḥzanūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We said, 'Get you down out of it, all together; yet there shall come to you guidance from Me, and whosoever follows My guidance, no fear shall be on them, neither shall they sorrow.
- Muhammad Asad
- [For although] We did say, "Down with you all from this [state]," there shall, none the less, most certainly come unto you guidance from Me: and those who follow My guidance need have no fear, and neither shall they grieve;
- Sahih International
- We said, "Go down from it, all of you. And when guidance comes to you from Me, whoever follows My guidance - there will be no fear concerning them, nor will they grieve.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْنَاqul'nā | We said | قول |
| 2 | ٱهْبِطُوا۟ih'biṭū | Go down | هبط |
| 3 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 4 | جَمِيعًۭا ۖjamīʿan | all (of you) | جمع |
| 5 | فَإِمَّاfa-immā | and when | — |
| 6 | يَأْتِيَنَّكُمyatiyannakum | comes to you | أتي |
| 7 | مِّنِّىminnī | from Me | — |
| 8 | هُدًۭىhudan | Guidance | هدي |
| 9 | فَمَنfaman | then whoever | — |
| 10 | تَبِعَtabiʿa | follows | تبع |
| 11 | هُدَاىَhudāya | My Guidance | هدي |
| 12 | فَلَاfalā | [then] no | — |
| 13 | خَوْفٌkhawfun | fear | خوف |
| 14 | عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhim | (will be) on them | — |
| 15 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 16 | هُمْhum | they | — |
| 17 | يَحْزَنُونَyaḥzanūna | will grieve | حزن |