Quran 2:8 — Al-Baqara, verse 8
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Some people say, ‘We believe in God and the Last Day,’ when really they do not believe.
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَمَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ
wamina l-nāsi man yaqūlu āmannā bil-lahi wabil-yawmi l-ākhiri wamā hum bimu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And some men there are who say, 'We believe in God and the Last Day'; but they are not believers.
- Muhammad Asad
- And there are people who say, "We do believe in God and the Last Day," the while they do not [really] believe.
- Sahih International
- And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allāh and the Last Day," but they are not believers.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمِنَwamina | And of | — |
| 2 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 3 | مَنman | (are some) who | — |
| 4 | يَقُولُyaqūlu | say | قول |
| 5 | ءَامَنَّاāmannā | We believed | أمن |
| 6 | بِٱللَّهِbil-lahi | in Allah | أله |
| 7 | وَبِٱلْيَوْمِwabil-yawmi | and in the Day | يوم |
| 8 | ٱلْـَٔاخِرِl-ākhiri | [the] Last | أخر |
| 9 | وَمَاwamā | but not | — |
| 10 | هُمhum | they | — |
| 11 | بِمُؤْمِنِينَbimu'minīna | (are) believers (at all) | أمن |