Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:13

2:13

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلنَّاسُ قَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَآ ءَامَنَ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلسُّفَهَآءُ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

wa-idhā qīla lahum āminū kamā āmana l-nāsu qālū anu'minu kamā āmana l-sufahāu alā innahum humu l-sufahāu walākin lā yaʿlamūna

And when it is said to them, "Believe as the people have believed," they say, "Should we believe as the foolish have believed?" Unquestionably, it is they who are the foolish, but they know [it] not.

— Saheeh International

When it is said to them, ‘Believe, as the others believe,’ they say, ‘Should we believe as the fools do?’ but they are the fools, though they do not know it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم, Al-Ansâr and Al-Muhajirûn) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمْlahumto them
ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve
كَمَآkamāas
ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe people
قَالُوٓا۟qālūthey say
أَنُؤْمِنُanu'minuShould we believe
كَمَآkamāas
ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
ٱلسُّفَهَآءُۗl-sufahāuthe fools
أَلَآalāBeware
إِنَّهُمْinnahumcertainly they
هُمُhumuthemselves
ٱلسُّفَهَآءُl-sufahāu(are) the fools
وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
لَّاlānot
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know