سورة البَقَرَة
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:103
The Cow · Verse 103 of 286
وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ ۖ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And if these (Jews) had kept their faith and guarded against these evils, surely they would have received a better reward from Allâh. Had they but known (it).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
If they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far better had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
Ali Unal
And if only they had believed and, in fear and reverence of God, sought to deserve His protection (against their straying and His punishment), a reward from God (of which they could not conceive) would have been absolutely good; if only they had known (acted like people of true knowledge and understanding).
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Daryabadi
And had they believed and feared, surely better had been the reward from before Allah, if they but knew!
Faridul Haque
And had they believed and been pious, then the recompense from Allah is extremely good; if only they knew!
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And if they had believed and kept their duty, reward from Allah would certainly have been better; did they but know!
Maulvi Sher Ali
And if they had believed and acted righteously, better surely, would have been their reward from ALLAH, if only they knew.
Muhammad Asad
And had they but believed and been conscious of Him, reward from God would indeed have brought them good - had they but known it!
Muhammad Musin Khan
And if they had believed, and guarded themselves from evil and kept their duty to Allah, far better would have been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
Muhammad Pickthall
And if they had believed and kept from evil, a recompense from Allah would be better, if they only knew.
Muhammad Sarwar
Would that they had known that if they had embraced the faith and avoided evil, they would have received better rewards from God.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And if they had believed and guarded themselves (against evil), reward from Allah would certainly have been better; had they but known (this).
Rashad Khalifa
If they believe and lead a righteous life, the reward from GOD is far better, if they only knew.
Shabbir Ahmed
If they had believed (in the immutability of the Divine laws) and remained mindful (of this fact), the reward for their actions would have been far better from God’s Presence. This is so because they would have, then, used this knowledge.