The Holy Quran 2:214 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم ۖ مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ

Translation

(Concerning the hardships that Muslims face in their lives, Allaah tells them) Do you think that you will enter Jannah when there has not yet come to you the like of (those hardships such as poverty, famine, illness and fear which came to) the people before you (to the Mu'mineen during the periods of previous Ambiyaa)? Suffering and hardship affected them and they were shaken until the Rasool and those with him who had Imaan said, “When will the help of Allaah come?" Surely, the help of Allaah is near. (Muslims are therefore required to exercise patience when facing hardship and when facing overwhelming odds against their enemies just as the previous nations did. This will certainly attract Allaah's assistance.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

A wise exhortation to patience in hardships: it was mentioned earlier that the prophets and their communities always suffered torments at the hands of their enemies. So now the people of Islam are told: do you hope to enter Paradise, while the torments that befell the earlier communities have not yet befallen you?

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