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Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 98

سورة البقرة، الآية ٩٨

2:98 Juz 1 Hizb 2 Page 15 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 2:98

مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّلَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَىٰلَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَدُوٌّ لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ ۝٩٨

Transliteration

man kāna ʿaduwwan lillahi wamalāikatihi warusulihi wajib'rīla wamīkāla fa-inna l-laha ʿaduwwun lil'kāfirīna

Translation

Whoever is an enemy to Allāh and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allāh is an enemy to the disbelievers.

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Verse 98 of Surah Al-Baqarah (2:98), a Medinan surah, is in juz 1, on page 15 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 98

Al-Mukhtasar

Whoever stands against Allah, His angels and His prophets, and against His two angels Gabriel and Michael, then certainly Allah is a rival to the disbelievers from among you, and from other than you. Certain defeat faces whoever has Allah as his rival.

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Other translations of verse 98

Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and messengers, and to Gabriel and Michael – then Allah is indeed an enemy to the disbelievers.

Whoever is an enemy to Allâh, His Angels, His Messengers, Jibrîl (Gabriel) and Mîkâ’îl (Michael), then verily, Allâh is an enemy to the disbelievers."

Who is an enemy to Allah, and His angels and His messengers, and Gabriel and Michael! Then, lo! Allah (Himself) is an enemy to the disbelievers.

Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and messengers, to Gabriel and Michael,- Lo! Allah is an enemy to those who reject Faith.

Whoever is the enemy of Allah and His angels and His apostles and Jibreel and Meekaeel, so surely Allah is the enemy of the unbelievers.

Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His Angels and His Messengers, and Jibril and Mikal, (Angle Gabriel and Michael, respectively) then surely Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers."

Verse 98 word by word

  1. مَن man Whoever
  2. كَانَ kāna is ك و ن
  3. عَدُوًّا ʿaduwwan an enemy ع د و
  4. لِّلَّهِ lillahi (to) Allah
  5. وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ wamalāikatihi and His Angels م ل ك
  6. وَرُسُلِهِۦ warusulihi and His Messengers ر س ل
  7. وَجِبْرِيلَ wajib'rīla and Jibreel
  8. وَمِيكَىٰلَ wamīkāla and Meekael
  9. فَإِنَّ fa-inna then indeed
  10. ٱللَّهَ l-laha Allah
  11. عَدُوٌّ ʿaduwwun (is) an enemy ع د و
  12. لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ lil'kāfirīna to the disbelievers ك ف ر

Verses related to verse 98

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Hajj 22:75

    ٱللَّهُ يَصْطَفِى مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

    Allāh chooses from the angels messengers and from the people. Indeed, Allāh is Hearing and Seeing.

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