سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 208
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ فِى ٱلسِّلْمِ كَآفَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ خُطُوَٰتِ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُّبِينٌ ﴿208﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! Enter perfectly in Islâm (by obeying all the rules and regulations of the Islâmic religion) and follow not the footsteps of Shaitan (Satan). Verily! He is to you a plain enemy.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
ٱدْخُلُوا۟
ud'khulū
Enter
فِى
fī
in
ٱلسِّلْمِ
l-sil'mi
Islam
كَآفَّةًۭ
kāffatan
completely
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَتَّبِعُوا۟
tattabiʿū
follow
خُطُوَٰتِ
khuṭuwāti
footsteps
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنِ ۚ
l-shayṭāni
(of) the Shaitaan
إِنَّهُۥ
innahu
Indeed, he
لَكُمْ
lakum
(is) for you
عَدُوٌّۭ
ʿaduwwun
an enemy
مُّبِينٌۭ
mubīnun
open
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim is a 4-volume Quran commentary by Hafiz Abdus Salam bin Muhammad Bhutvi, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar and Sheikh ul-Hadith from Pakistan. Based on over 45 years of teaching and research, this tafsir follows the methodology of Tafsir bil-Ma'thur — interpreting the Quran through authentic Hadith, statements of the Companions, and the understanding of the early generations (Salaf). It is distinguished by its complete avoidance of Israeliyyat (Judeo-Christian narratives) and unverified reports. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
After the praise and commendation of the sincere believer, all believers are commanded that you too should follow the entire Islam and the whole Shariah; it should not be that you act upon some commands of Islam and leave the rest. You observe prayer and fasting, but in belief there is shirk, in trade there is interest, in courts there is the law of other than Allah, in social life you have adopted the culture of Hindus, Christians, and Jews, and you consider this the demand of the times and progressiveness. This very way of acting was also the cause of the disgrace of the Jews, as it is said: « اَفَتُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتٰبِ وَ تَكْفُرُوْنَ بِبَعْضٍ» [البقرۃ : ۸۵] "Then do you believe in part of the Book and disbelieve in part?" This also includes those Muslims who, after leaving another religion, entered Islam, but retained the customs of their previous religion, such as the marriage and funeral customs of non-Muslims and innovations and customs that are entirely against Islam, or even after becoming Muslim, they did not abandon their previous daily ways.
