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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 156

سورة البقرة، الآية ١٥٦

2:156 Juz 2 Hizb 3 Page 24 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:156

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ۝١٥٦

Transliteration

alladhīna idhā aṣābathum muṣībatun qālū innā lillahi wa-innā ilayhi rājiʿūna

Translation

Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him we will return."

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Verse 156 of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:156), a Medinan surah, is in juz 2, on page 24 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 69 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 156

Al-Mukhtasar

The patient are those who, when they are struck by one of these hardships, say, in acceptance, that all power belongs to Allah, He deals with us as He wills, and we will return to Him on the Day of Judgement, and it is He Who created us and showers us with many blessings; so, to Him is our return and our end.

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Other translations of verse 156

Those when afflicted with a disaster, say, “We belong to Allah, and to Him we will return.”

Who, when afflicted with calamity, say: "Truly! To Allâh we belong and truly, to Him we shall return."

Who say, when a misfortune striketh them: Lo! we are Allah's and lo! unto Him we are returning.

Who say, when afflicted with calamity: "To Allah We belong, and to Him is our return":-

Who, when a misfortune befalls them, say: Surely we are Allah's and to Him we shall surely return.

Who, when an affliction afflicts them, say, "Surely we belong to Allah, and surely to Him we are returning."

Verse 156 word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Those who
  2. إِذَآ idhā when
  3. أَصَٰبَتْهُم aṣābathum strikes them ص و ب
  4. مُّصِيبَةٌ muṣībatun a misfortune ص و ب
  5. قَالُوٓا۟ qālū they say ق و ل
  6. إِنَّا innā Indeed, we
  7. لِلَّهِ lillahi belong to Allah
  8. وَإِنَّآ wa-innā and indeed we
  9. إِلَيْهِ ilayhi towards Him
  10. رَٰجِعُونَ rājiʿūna will return ر ج ع

Hadiths that cite this verse

Differing grades Sunan Abu Dawud 3119

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: When one of you is afflicted with a calamity, he should say: "We belong to Allah, and to Him we do return." O Allah, I expect reward from Thee from this affliction, so give me reward for it, and give me a better compensation.

إِذَا أَصَابَتْ أَحَدَكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ ‏‏{‏ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ ‏}‏ اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَآجِرْنِي فِيهَا وَأَبْدِلْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا ‏"

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Authentic Sahih Muslim 918a

No Muslim is afflicted with a calamity and then says what Allah has commanded: {We belong to Allah, and to Him we will return} [Surat al-Baqarah: 156], O Allah, reward me in my calamity and replace it for me with something better, except that Allah replaces it for him with something better

"No Muslim is afflicted with a calamity and then says what Allah has commanded: {We belong to Allah, and to Him we will return} [Surat al-Baqarah: 156], O Allah, reward me in my calamity and replace it for me with something better, except that Allah replaces it for him with something better." She…

مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ تُصِيبُهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَمَرَهُ اللَّهُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ أْجُرْنِي فِي مُصِيبَتِي وَأَخْلِفْ لِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا ‏.‏ إِلاَّ أَخْلَفَ اللَّهُ لَهُ…

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