Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un · Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 156 (2:156)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتْهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيْهِ رَٰجِعُونَ

Quran 2:156 is ayah 156 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 2, on page 24 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:156
ٱلَّذِينَإِذَآأَصَٰبَتْهُممُّصِيبَةٌقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّالِلَّهِوَإِنَّآإِلَيْهِرَٰجِعُونَ١٥٦
alladhīna idhā aṣābathum muṣībatun qālū innā lillahi wa-innā ilayhi rājiʿūna

Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allāh, and indeed to Him we will return."(156)

Word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
  2. إِذَآidhāwhen
  3. أَصَٰبَتْهُمaṣābathumstrikes them
  4. مُّصِيبَةٌmuṣībatuna misfortune
  5. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
  6. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
  7. لِلَّهِlillahibelong to Allah
  8. وَإِنَّآwa-innāand indeed we
  9. إِلَيْهِilayhitowards Him
  10. رَٰجِعُونَrājiʿūnawill return

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