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Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 137

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فَإِنْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَآ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِى شِقَاقٍ ۖ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ﴿137﴾
So if they believe in the like of that which you believe, then they are rightly guided; but if they turn away, then they are only in opposition. So Allâh will suffice you against them. And He is the All-Hearer, the All-Knower.
فَإِنْ fa-in So if
ءَامَنُوا۟ āmanū they believe[d]
بِمِثْلِ bimith'li in (the) like
مَآ (of) what
ءَامَنتُم āmantum you have believed
بِهِۦ bihi in [it]
فَقَدِ faqadi then indeed
ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ ih'tadaw they are (rightly) guided
وَّإِن wa-in But if
تَوَلَّوْا۟ tawallaw they turn away
فَإِنَّمَا fa-innamā then only
هُمْ hum they
فِى (are) in
شِقَاقٍۢ ۖ shiqāqin dissension
فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ fasayakfīkahumu So will suffice you against them
ٱللَّهُ ۚ l-lahu Allah
وَهُوَ wahuwa and He
ٱلسَّمِيعُ l-samīʿu (is) the All-Hearing
ٱلْعَلِيمُ l-ʿalīmu the All-Knowing

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(Ayah 137) ➊ {شِقَاقٍ:} This is a verbal noun from the root "shiqq" of the form "Mufa‘alah," meaning that some are on one side and some on the other side, coming face to face in opposition.
➋ That is, if these people believe in what you have believed in, which was mentioned in the previous verse, then indeed they will be rightly guided. And if they turn away, then they do so merely out of opposition and stubbornness.
➌ According to this promise, indeed Allah became sufficient for you against them: Banu Nadir and Banu Qaynuqa‘ were expelled from Madinah, Banu Qurayzah were killed, and eventually all the Jews and Christians were exiled from the entire Arabian Peninsula.

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137. 1. The Companions also believed in the same aforementioned way, so by giving the example of the Companions, it is being said that if they believe in the same way as you, O Companions, have believed, then surely they will be rightly guided. If they turn away in stubbornness and disagreement, then there is no need to worry; their conspiracies will not harm you in any way because Allah is sufficient for you. Thus, within a few years, this promise was fulfilled: Banu Qaynuqa and Banu Nadir were exiled, and Banu Qurayza were killed. According to historical narrations, at the time of the martyrdom of Uthman, a Mushaf of Uthman was in his own lap, and the drops—and even the flow—of his blood fell on the phrase of this verse (فَسَيَكْفِيْكَهُمُ اللّٰهُ) 2:137. It is said that this Mushaf still exists in Turkey today.

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137. So if they believe as you have believed, then they are rightly guided. But if they turn away, then they are only in opposition. So Allah will suffice you against them [169], and He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing.

[169] That is, the aversion and stubbornness of the People of the Book towards the truth cannot harm you in any way, and Allah is sufficient to punish them. That is, the Jews of Banu Nadir were exiled and accepted to pay jizyah, and Banu Qurayzah were taken captive and killed, and the Christians of Najran also accepted to pay jizyah.