Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 76 (2:76)

ٱلْبَقَرَة

وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ …

Quran 2:76 is ayah 76 of Surah Al-Baqarah (“The Cow”), a Medinan surah of 286 ayahs. It is in Juz 1, on page 11 of the Madani Mushaf.

2:76
وَإِذَالَقُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟قَالُوٓا۟ءَامَنَّاوَإِذَاخَلَابَعْضُهُمْإِلَىٰبَعْضٍقَالُوٓا۟أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمبِمَافَتَحَٱللَّهُعَلَيْكُمْلِيُحَآجُّوكُمبِهِۦعِندَرَبِّكُمْ ۚأَفَلَاتَعْقِلُونَ٧٦
wa-idhā laqū alladhīna āmanū qālū āmannā wa-idhā khalā baʿḍuhum ilā baʿḍin qālū atuḥaddithūnahum bimā fataḥa l-lahu ʿalaykum liyuḥājjūkum bihi ʿinda rabbikum afalā taʿqilūna

And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We have believed"; but when they are alone with one another, they say, "Do you talk to them about what Allāh has revealed to you so they can argue with you about it before your Lord?" Then will you not reason?(76)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. لَقُوا۟laqūthey meet
  3. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  4. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
  5. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
  6. ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe have believed
  7. وَإِذَاwa-idhāBut when
  8. خَلَاkhalāmeet in private
  9. بَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of them
  10. إِلَىٰilāwith
  11. بَعْضٍbaʿḍinsome (others)
  12. قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
  13. أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمatuḥaddithūnahumDo you tell them
  14. بِمَاbimāwhat
  15. فَتَحَfataḥahas
  16. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  17. عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumto you
  18. لِيُحَآجُّوكُمliyuḥājjūkumso that they argue with you
  19. بِهِۦbihitherewith
  20. عِندَʿindabefore
  21. رَبِّكُمْ ۚrabbikumyour Lord
  22. أَفَلَاafalāThen do (you) not
  23. تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnaunderstand

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