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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 6

سورة البقرة، الآية ٦

2:6 Juz 1 Hizb 1 Page 3 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:6

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ۝٦

Transliteration

inna alladhīna kafarū sawāon ʿalayhim a-andhartahum am lam tundhir'hum lā yu'minūna

Translation

Indeed, those who disbelieve11 - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

Notes

[11] Literally, "cover" or "conceal" (faith or truth).

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Tafsir of verse 6

Al-Mukhtasar

Those who reject what Allah revealed to His Messenger continue on the wrong path in their stubbornness. So, it makes no difference whether you warn them or not.

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Other translations of verse 6

Those who persist in disbelief, it is the same whether you warn them or not, they will not believe.

Verily, those who disbelieve, it is the same to them whether you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) warn them or do not warn them, they will not believe.

As for the Disbelievers, Whether thou warn them or thou warn them not it is all one for them; they believe not.

As to those who reject Faith, it is the same to them whether thou warn them or do not warn them; they will not believe.

Surely those who disbelieve, it being alike to them whether you warn them, or do not warn them, will not believe.

Surely, the ones who have disbelieved, it is equal to them whether you have warned them or have not warned them, they do not believe.

Verse 6 word by word

  1. إِنَّ inna Indeed
  2. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  3. كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieve[d] ك ف ر
  4. سَوَآءٌ sawāon (it) is same س و ي
  5. عَلَيْهِمْ ʿalayhim to them
  6. ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ a-andhartahum whether you warn them ن ذ ر
  7. أَمْ am or
  8. لَمْ lam not
  9. تُنذِرْهُمْ tundhir'hum you warn them ن ذ ر
  10. لَا lā not
  11. يُؤْمِنُونَ yu'minūna they believe أ م ن

Verses related to verse 6

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Yunus 10:96–97

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ حَقَّتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَلِمَتُ رَبِّكَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ …

    Indeed, those upon whom the word [i.e., decree] of your Lord has come into effect will not believe, …

  • Al-Baqarah 2:145

    وَلَئِنْ أَتَيْتَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِكُلِّ ءَايَةٍ مَّا تَبِعُوا۟ قِبْلَتَكَ وَمَآ أَنتَ بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَتَهُمْ وَمَا بَعْضُهُم بِتَابِعٍ قِبْلَةَ بَعْضٍ وَلَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتَ أَهْوَآءَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ إِنَّكَ إِذًا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    And if you brought to those who were given the Scripture every sign, they would not follow your qiblah. Nor will you be a follower of their qiblah. Nor would they be followers of one another's qiblah. So if you were to follow their desires after what has come to you of knowledge, indeed, you would then be among the wrongdoers.

  • Ar-Ra’d 13:40

    وَإِن مَّا نُرِيَنَّكَ بَعْضَ ٱلَّذِى نَعِدُهُمْ أَوْ نَتَوَفَّيَنَّكَ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ وَعَلَيْنَا ٱلْحِسَابُ

    And whether We show you part of what We promise them or take you in death, upon you is only the [duty of] notification, and upon Us is the account.

  • Hud 11:12

    فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌۢ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَضَآئِقٌۢ بِهِۦ صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

    Then would you possibly leave [out] some of what is revealed to you, or is your breast constrained by it because they say, "Why has there not been sent down to him a treasure or come with him an angel?" But you are only a warner. And Allāh is Disposer of all things.

  • Ibrahim 14:28–29

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ بَدَّلُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ كُفْرًا وَأَحَلُّوا۟ قَوْمَهُمْ دَارَ ٱلْبَوَارِ …

    Have you not considered those who exchanged the favor of Allāh for disbelief and settled their people [in] the home of ruin? …

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  • Ya-Sin 36:10

    وَسَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    And it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

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