سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 165
وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَندَادًا يُحِبُّونَهُمْ كَحُبِّ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَشَدُّ حُبًّا لِّلَّهِ ۗ وَلَوْ يَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِذْ يَرَوْنَ ٱلْعَذَابَ أَنَّ ٱلْقُوَّةَ لِلَّهِ جَمِيعًا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ شَدِيدُ ٱلْعَذَابِ ﴿165﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And of mankind are some who take (for worship) others besides Allâh as rivals (to Allâh). They love them as they love Allâh. But those who believe, love Allâh more (than anything else). If only, those who do wrong could see, when they will see the torment, that all power belongs to Allâh and that Allâh is Severe in punishment.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَمِنَ
wamina
And among
ٱلنَّاسِ
l-nāsi
the mankind
مَن
man
who
يَتَّخِذُ
yattakhidhu
takes
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
أَندَادًۭا
andādan
equals
يُحِبُّونَهُمْ
yuḥibbūnahum
They love them
كَحُبِّ
kaḥubbi
as (they should) love
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
Allah
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
And those who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
أَشَدُّ
ashaddu
(are) stronger
حُبًّۭا
ḥubban
(in) love
لِّلَّهِ ۗ
lillahi
for Allah
وَلَوْ
walaw
And if
يَرَى
yarā
would see
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ظَلَمُوٓا۟
ẓalamū
wronged
إِذْ
idh
when
يَرَوْنَ
yarawna
they will see
ٱلْعَذَابَ
l-ʿadhāba
the punishment
أَنَّ
anna
that
ٱلْقُوَّةَ
l-quwata
the power
لِلَّهِ
lillahi
(belongs) to Allah
جَمِيعًۭا
jamīʿan
all
وَأَنَّ
wa-anna
and [that]
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
شَدِيدُ
shadīdu
(is) severe
ٱلْعَذَابِ
l-ʿadhābi
(in) [the] punishment
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165. (Despite these signs) there are some people who take others as equals to Allah [203], loving them as they should love Allah. But those who believe are stronger in their love for Allah [204]. If only the wrongdoers could see—when they behold the punishment—that all power belongs to Allah alone, and that Allah is severe in punishment.
[203]
Polytheistic Acts and the Condemnation of Shirk:
That is, they set up their deities as rivals to Allah in His exclusive attributes, and in the rights that should be due to Allah alone as the Creator, Owner, and Sustainer, they associate others with Him. For example, in matters such as ruling over the chain of causes, fulfilling needs, removing difficulties, responding to pleas, listening to prayers, granting children, being aware of everything seen and unseen, considering someone else as the source of law, and setting the boundaries of what is lawful and unlawful. In all these matters, they set up various prophets, saints, angels, jinn, and gods and goddesses as rivals and partners to Allah. Love is a matter of the heart, and it is the source of all actions and deeds; even in this, they give preference to their self-made deities.
[204] Because their love for Allah is constant and enduring. They rely and trust upon Allah in every situation, whereas sometimes, in times of hardship and distress, the love of the polytheists for their deities even fades away.
[203]
Polytheistic Acts and the Condemnation of Shirk:
That is, they set up their deities as rivals to Allah in His exclusive attributes, and in the rights that should be due to Allah alone as the Creator, Owner, and Sustainer, they associate others with Him. For example, in matters such as ruling over the chain of causes, fulfilling needs, removing difficulties, responding to pleas, listening to prayers, granting children, being aware of everything seen and unseen, considering someone else as the source of law, and setting the boundaries of what is lawful and unlawful. In all these matters, they set up various prophets, saints, angels, jinn, and gods and goddesses as rivals and partners to Allah. Love is a matter of the heart, and it is the source of all actions and deeds; even in this, they give preference to their self-made deities.
[204] Because their love for Allah is constant and enduring. They rely and trust upon Allah in every situation, whereas sometimes, in times of hardship and distress, the love of the polytheists for their deities even fades away.
