Quran 3:83 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 83
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they seek anything other than submission to God? Everyone in the heavens and earth submits to Him, willingly or unwillingly; they will all be returned to Him.
أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ اللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُ أَسْلَمَ مَنْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ
afaghayra dīni l-lahi yabghūna walahu aslama man fī l-samāwāti wal-arḍi ṭawʿan wakarhan wa-ilayhi yur'jaʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- What, do they desire another religion than God's, and to Him has surrendered whoso is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him they shall be returned?
- Muhammad Asad
- Do they seek, perchance, a faith other than in God, although it is unto Him that whatever is in the heavens and on earth surrenders itself, willingly or unwillingly, since unto Him all must return?
- Sahih International
- So is it other than the religion of Allāh they desire, while to Him have submitted [all] those within the heavens and earth, willingly or by compulsion, and to Him they will be returned?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَغَيْرَafaghayra | So is (it) other than | غير |
| 2 | دِينِdīni | (the) religion | دين |
| 3 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 4 | يَبْغُونَyabghūna | they seek | بغي |
| 5 | وَلَهُۥٓwalahu | While to Him | — |
| 6 | أَسْلَمَaslama | (have) submitted | سلم |
| 7 | مَنman | whatever | — |
| 8 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 9 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | the heavens | سمو |
| 10 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 11 | طَوْعًۭاṭawʿan | willingly | طوع |
| 12 | وَكَرْهًۭاwakarhan | or unwillingly | كره |
| 13 | وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhi | and towards Him | — |
| 14 | يُرْجَعُونَyur'jaʿūna | they will be returned | رجع |