Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:204

2:204

وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُعْجِبُكَ قَوْلُهُۥ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَيُشْهِدُ ٱللَّهَ عَلَىٰ مَا فِى قَلْبِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَلَدُّ ٱلْخِصَامِ

wamina l-nāsi man yuʿ'jibuka qawluhu fī l-ḥayati l-dun'yā wayush'hidu l-laha ʿalā mā fī qalbihi wahuwa aladdu l-khiṣāmi

And of the people is he whose speech pleases you in worldly life, and he calls Allāh to witness as to what is in his heart, yet he is the fiercest of opponents.

— Saheeh International

There is [a kind of] man whose views on the life of this world may please you [Prophet], he even calls on God to witness what is in his heart, yet he is the bitterest of opponents.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And of mankind there is he whose speech may please you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), in this worldly life, and he calls Allâh to witness as to that which is in his heart, yet he is the most quarrelsome of the opponents.

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

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Word by Word

وَمِنَwaminaAnd of
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
مَنman(is the one) who
يُعْجِبُكَyuʿ'jibukapleases you
قَوْلُهُۥqawluhu(with) his speech
فِىfīin
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِl-ḥayatithe life
ٱلدُّنْيَاl-dun'yā(of) the world
وَيُشْهِدُwayush'hiduand he calls to witness
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
مَاmāwhat
فِىfī(is) in
قَلْبِهِۦqalbihihis heart
وَهُوَwahuwaand he
أَلَدُّaladdu(is) the most quarrelsome
ٱلْخِصَامِl-khiṣāmi(of) opponents