Surah Al-Baqarah 2:213
سُورَةُ البَقَرَةِ · Medinan · Verse 213 of 286
كَانَ ٱلنَّاسُ أُمَّةًۭ وَٰحِدَةًۭ فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ مُبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ وَأَنزَلَ مَعَهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فِيمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ فِيهِ إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ فَهَدَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لِمَا ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِهِۦ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ
Translation
Mankind was a single community, then God sent prophets to bring good news and warning, and with them He sent the Scripture with the Truth, to judge between people in their disagreements. It was only those to whom it was given who disagreed about it after clear signs had come to them, because of rivalry between them. So by His leave God guided the believers to the truth they had differed about: God guides whoever He will to a straight path.
English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.
Topics that discuss this verse
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:213 is discussed in 16 study guides on Maani. Each guide gathers the key verses, Arabic words and lessons of one Quranic topic.
- The Ummah (key verse)
- Disagreement (Ikhtilaf) (key verse)
- Gathering (Ijtima)
- Warning (Indhar)
- Prophethood (Nubuwwah)
- Prophet Noah (Nuh)
- The Path (Sirat)
- Faith (Iman)
- Monotheism (Tawhid)
- Revealed Scriptures (Al-Kutub al-Munazzalah)
- Mankind (Nas)
- Salvation (Najah)
- Unity (Wahdah)
- Governance (Siyasah)
- Prophet Shuaib (Shu'ayb)
- Foreign Relations (Alaqat Dawliyyah)
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