Quran 2:91 — Al-Baqara, verse 91
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When it is said to them, ‘Believe in God’s revelations,’ they reply, ‘We believe in what was revealed to us,’ but they do not believe in what came afterwards, though it is the truth confirming what they already have. Say [Muhammad], ‘Why did you kill God’s prophets in the past if you were true believers?
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا بِمَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ قَالُوا نُؤْمِنُ بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَاءَهُ وَهُوَ الْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا مَعَهُمْ ۗ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنْبِيَاءَ اللَّهِ مِنْ قَبْلُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
wa-idhā qīla lahum āminū bimā anzala l-lahu qālū nu'minu bimā unzila ʿalaynā wayakfurūna bimā warāahu wahuwa l-ḥaqu muṣaddiqan limā maʿahum qul falima taqtulūna anbiyāa l-lahi min qablu in kuntum mu'minīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when they were told, 'Believe in that God has sent down,' they said, 'We believe in what was sent down on us'; and they disbelieve in what is beyond that, yet it is the truth confirming what is with them. Say: 'Why then were you slaying the Prophets of God in former time, if you were believers?'
- Muhammad Asad
- For when they are told, "Believe in what God has bestowed from on high," they reply, "We believe [only] in what has been bestowed on us"-and they deny the truth of everything else, although it be a truth confirming the one already in their possession. Say "Why, then, did you slay God's prophets aforetime, if you were (truly] believers?"
- Sahih International
- And when it is said to them, "Believe in what Allāh has revealed," they say, "We believe [only] in what was revealed to us." And they disbelieve in what came after it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, "Then why did you kill the prophets of Allāh before, if you are [indeed] believers?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | قِيلَqīla | it is said | قول |
| 3 | لَهُمْlahum | to them | — |
| 4 | ءَامِنُوا۟āminū | Believe | أمن |
| 5 | بِمَآbimā | in what | — |
| 6 | أَنزَلَanzala | has revealed | نزل |
| 7 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah | أله |
| 8 | قَالُوا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 9 | نُؤْمِنُnu'minu | We believe | أمن |
| 10 | بِمَآbimā | in what | — |
| 11 | أُنزِلَunzila | was revealed | نزل |
| 12 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | to us | — |
| 13 | وَيَكْفُرُونَwayakfurūna | And they disbelieve | كفر |
| 14 | بِمَاbimā | in what | — |
| 15 | وَرَآءَهُۥwarāahu | (is) besides it | وري |
| 16 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while it | — |
| 17 | ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu | (is) the truth | حقق |
| 18 | مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqan | confirming | صدق |
| 19 | لِّمَاlimā | what | — |
| 20 | مَعَهُمْ ۗmaʿahum | (is) with them | — |
| 21 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 22 | فَلِمَfalima | Then why | — |
| 23 | تَقْتُلُونَtaqtulūna | (did) you kill | قتل |
| 24 | أَنۢبِيَآءَanbiyāa | (the) Prophets | نبأ |
| 25 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 26 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 27 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 28 | إِنin | if | — |
| 29 | كُنتُمkuntum | you were | كون |
| 30 | مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīna | believers | أمن |