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Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 214
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم ۖ مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ ﴿214﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Or think you that you will enter Paradise without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? They were afflicted with severe poverty and ailments and were so shaken that even the Messenger and those who believed along with him said, "When (will come) the Help of Allâh?" Yes! Certainly, the Help of Allâh is near!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَمْ
am
Or
حَسِبْتُمْ
ḥasib'tum
(do) you think
أَن
an
that
تَدْخُلُوا۟
tadkhulū
you will enter
ٱلْجَنَّةَ
l-janata
Paradise
وَلَمَّا
walammā
while not
يَأْتِكُم
yatikum
(has) come to you
مَّثَلُ
mathalu
like (came to)
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
خَلَوْا۟
khalaw
passed away
مِن
min
from
قَبْلِكُم ۖ
qablikum
before you
مَّسَّتْهُمُ
massathumu
Touched them
ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ
l-basāu
[the] adversity
وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ
wal-ḍarāu
and [the] hardship
وَزُلْزِلُوا۟
wazul'zilū
and they were shaken
حَتَّىٰ
ḥattā
until
يَقُولَ
yaqūla
said
ٱلرَّسُولُ
l-rasūlu
the Messenger
وَٱلَّذِينَ
wa-alladhīna
and those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believed
مَعَهُۥ
maʿahu
with him
مَتَىٰ
matā
When
نَصْرُ
naṣru
[will] (the) help
ٱللَّهِ ۗ
l-lahi
(of) Allah (come)
أَلَآ
alā
Unquestionably
إِنَّ
inna
[Indeed]
نَصْرَ
naṣra
help
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
قَرِيبٌۭ
qarībun
(is) near
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214. Do you think you will enter Paradise without facing the trials that befell those before you? They were afflicted with such hardship and adversity that they were shaken to their very core, until even the Messenger and those who believed with him cried out, "When will Allah’s help [283] come?" (Allah assured them:) Behold! Allah’s help is surely near.
[283]
Glad Tidings of Government and Peace in the Makkan Period:
Then, whenever a new prophet is sent, he has to exert great effort to bring a community divided into many sects back onto one path and to make them one community again, and he faces many hardships and difficulties. The prophets themselves, as well as those who initially support them, face these hardships. This is because the forces of falsehood, which are much more powerful than the new prophet and his few followers in terms of wealth and manpower, confront them and do not hesitate even to crush them. These hardships are so severe that sometimes the prophets and their followers, due to human nature, cry out, "When will Allah's help come?"
The Complaint of Khabbab bin Aratؓ:
Once, the Prophet ﷺ was sitting in the shade of the wall of the Ka'bah, using his cloak as a cushion, when Sayyiduna Khabbab bin Aratؓ submitted, "why do you not pray to Allah?" Upon hearing this, the Prophet ﷺ left the cushion and sat up straight. His face became red with anger. He ﷺ said: "People before you have passed such that iron combs were run through their flesh and sinews down to the bone, but they did not turn away from their true religion. And saws were placed on the middle of their heads and they were sawn into two pieces, but they did not turn away from their true religion. And Allah will certainly complete this matter, until a rider will travel from Sana'a to Hadramawt and will fear none but Allah." [بخاري۔ كتاب المناقب باب مالقي النبى واصحابه من المشركين بمكة] And in another narration in Bukhari, these words are added: "But you people are hasty."
Glad Tidings of a Peaceful Life:
In this hadith, there are several glad tidings for the Muslims. For example, that the period of harm and persecution from the disbelievers is soon to end. Then your own government will be established, in which everyone will be able to live a peaceful life. No thief, bandit, or robber will dare even to look covetously at another's wealth.
[283]
Glad Tidings of Government and Peace in the Makkan Period:
Then, whenever a new prophet is sent, he has to exert great effort to bring a community divided into many sects back onto one path and to make them one community again, and he faces many hardships and difficulties. The prophets themselves, as well as those who initially support them, face these hardships. This is because the forces of falsehood, which are much more powerful than the new prophet and his few followers in terms of wealth and manpower, confront them and do not hesitate even to crush them. These hardships are so severe that sometimes the prophets and their followers, due to human nature, cry out, "When will Allah's help come?"
The Complaint of Khabbab bin Aratؓ:
Once, the Prophet ﷺ was sitting in the shade of the wall of the Ka'bah, using his cloak as a cushion, when Sayyiduna Khabbab bin Aratؓ submitted, "why do you not pray to Allah?" Upon hearing this, the Prophet ﷺ left the cushion and sat up straight. His face became red with anger. He ﷺ said: "People before you have passed such that iron combs were run through their flesh and sinews down to the bone, but they did not turn away from their true religion. And saws were placed on the middle of their heads and they were sawn into two pieces, but they did not turn away from their true religion. And Allah will certainly complete this matter, until a rider will travel from Sana'a to Hadramawt and will fear none but Allah." [بخاري۔ كتاب المناقب باب مالقي النبى واصحابه من المشركين بمكة] And in another narration in Bukhari, these words are added: "But you people are hasty."
Glad Tidings of a Peaceful Life:
In this hadith, there are several glad tidings for the Muslims. For example, that the period of harm and persecution from the disbelievers is soon to end. Then your own government will be established, in which everyone will be able to live a peaceful life. No thief, bandit, or robber will dare even to look covetously at another's wealth.
