Quran 2:76 — Al-Baqara, verse 76
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When they meet the believers, they say, ‘We too believe.’ But when they are alone with each other they say, ‘How could you tell them about God’s revelation [to us]? They will be able to use it to argue against you before your Lord! Have you no sense?’
وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ قَالُوا أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمْ بِمَا فَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَاجُّوكُمْ بِهِ عِنْدَ رَبِّكُمْ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
wa-idhā laqū alladhīna āmanū qālū āmannā wa-idhā khalā baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin qālū atuḥaddithūnahum bimā fataḥa l-lahu ʿalaykum liyuḥājjūkum bihi ʿinda rabbikum afalā taʿqilūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when they meet those who believe, they say 'We believe'; and when they go privily one to another, they say, 'Do you speak to them of what God has revealed to you, that they may thereby dispute with you before your Lord? Have you no understanding?'
- Muhammad Asad
- For, when they meet those who have attained to faith. they say, "We believe [as you believe]" - but when they find themselves alone with one another, they say. "Do you inform them of what God has disclosed to you, so that they might use it in argument against you, quoting the words of your Sustainer? Will you not. then, use your reason?"
- Sahih International
- And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allāh has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | لَقُوا۟laqū | they meet | لقي |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 5 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 6 | ءَامَنَّاāmannā | We have believed | أمن |
| 7 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | But when | — |
| 8 | خَلَاkhalā | meet in private | خلو |
| 9 | بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhum | some of them | بعض |
| 10 | إِلَىٰilā | with | — |
| 11 | بَعْضٍۢbaʿḍin | some (others) | بعض |
| 12 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 13 | أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمatuḥaddithūnahum | Do you tell them | حدث |
| 14 | بِمَاbimā | what | — |
| 15 | فَتَحَfataḥa | has | فتح |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 17 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | to you | — |
| 18 | لِيُحَآجُّوكُمliyuḥājjūkum | so that they argue with you | حجج |
| 19 | بِهِۦbihi | therewith | — |
| 20 | عِندَʿinda | before | عند |
| 21 | رَبِّكُمْ ۚrabbikum | your Lord | ربب |
| 22 | أَفَلَاafalā | Then do (you) not | — |
| 23 | تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūna | understand | عقل |