Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:97

2:97

قُلْ مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُۥ نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

qul man kāna ʿaduwwan lijib'rīla fa-innahu nazzalahu ʿalā qalbika bi-idh'ni l-lahi muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayhi wahudan wabush'rā lil'mu'minīna

Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought it [i.e., the Qur’ān] down upon your heart, [O Muḥammad], by permission of Allāh, confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers."

— Saheeh International

Say [Prophet], ‘If anyone is an enemy of Gabriel- who by God’s leave brought down the Quran to your heart confirming previous scriptures as a guide and good news for the faithful-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "Whoever is an enemy to Jibrîl (Gabriel) (let him die in his fury), for indeed he has brought it (this Qur’ân) down to your heart by Allâh’s Permission, confirming what came before it [i.e. the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)] and guidance and glad tidings for the believers.

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

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قُلْqulSay
مَنmanWhoever
كَانَkānais
عَدُوًّۭاʿaduwwanan enemy
لِّجِبْرِيلَlijib'rīlato Jibreel
فَإِنَّهُۥfa-innahuthen indeed he
نَزَّلَهُۥnazzalahubrought it down
عَلَىٰʿalāon
قَلْبِكَqalbikayour heart
بِإِذْنِbi-idh'niby (the) permission
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
لِّمَاlimāwhat
بَيْنَbayna(was)
يَدَيْهِyadayhibefore it
وَهُدًۭىwahudanand a guidance
وَبُشْرَىٰwabush'rāand glad tiding(s)
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَlil'mu'minīnafor the believers