سورة البَقَرَة
Surah Al-Baqarah 2:13
The Cow · Verse 13 of 286
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَا آمَنَ السُّفَهَاءُ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ وَلَٰكِنْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Abdul Mannan Omar
And when it is said to them, `Believe as (other) people (- Companions of the Prophet) believed,´ they say, `Shall we believe as the weak-minded have believed?´ Beware! it is they only who are weak-minded, but they do not know (this fact).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
When it is said to them: "Believe as the others believe:
Ahmed Ali
When asked to believe as others do, they say: "Should we believe like fools?" And yet they are the fools, even though they do not know.
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Ali Unal
Again, whenever they are told (as a duty of calling to faith), "Believe as the people believe," (in a way to demonstrate their self-pride and disparagement of the people) they say: "Shall we believe as the fools believe!?" Beware, they themselves are the fools, but they do not know (seeing that they have no true knowledge to distinguish between truth and falsehood, sincere faith and hypocrisy, right and wrong.)
Daryabadi
And when it said unto them: believe even as mankind have believed, they say: shall we believe even as the fools have believed? Lo! verily it is they who are the fools; and yet they know not.
Faridul Haque
And when it is said to them, "Believe as the others believe", they say, "Shall we believe as the foolish believe?" It is they who are the fools, but they do not know.
Maulana Muhammad Ali
And when it is said to them, Believe as the people believe, they say: Shall we believe as the fools believe? Now surely they are the fools, but they know not.
Maulvi Sher Ali
And when it is said to them, `Believe as other people have believed,' they say, `Shall we believe as the fools have believed?' Remember ! it is surely they that are the fools, but they do not know.
Muhammad Asad
And when they are told, "Believe as other people believe," they answer, "Shall we believe as the weak-minded believe?" Oh, verily, it is they, they who are weak-minded - but they know it not!
Muhammad Musin Khan
And when it is said to them (hypocrites): "Believe as the people (followers of Muhammad Peace be upon him, Al-Ansar and Al-Muhajirun) have believed," they say: "Shall we believe as the fools have believed?" Verily, they are the fools, but they know not.
Muhammad Pickthall
And when it is said unto them: believe as the people believe, they say: shall we believe as the foolish believe? are not they indeed the foolish? But they know not.
Muhammad Sarwar
When they are told to believe as everyone else does, they say, "Should we believe as fools do?" In fact, they themselves are fools, but they do not know it.
Muhammed ali Shakir
And when it is said to them: Believe as the people believe they say: Shall we believe as the fools believe? Now surely they themselves are the fools, but they do not know.
Rashad Khalifa
When they are told, "Believe like the people who believed," they say, "Shall we believe like the fools who believed?" In fact, it is they who are fools, but they do not know.
Shabbir Ahmed
And when it is said to them, “Acknowledge the truth as people have acknowledged”, they retort, "Shall we accept what the foolish accept?" Nay, it is they who are foolish. But they do not know.
Commentary 2:13 Al-Sofahâ’ السُّفَهَاءُ is the plural form derived from safiha سَفِها, meaning to be foolish, flimsy, inconsequential, light or half-witted, to become…
وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ آمِنُوا كَمَا آمَنَ النَّاسُ قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ كَمَا آمَنَ السُّفَهَاءُ ۗ أَلَا إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ السُّفَهَاءُ وَلَـٰكِن لَّا يَعْلَمُونَ
2:13 Al-Sofahâ’ السُّفَهَاءُ is the plural form derived from safiha سَفِها, meaning to be foolish, flimsy, inconsequential, light or half-witted, to become unwise, lose ones mind, be imprudent, ignorant, or to deem anyone foolish, or be stupid (cf. 4:5). The hypocrites called the Muslims fools and idiots (- sofahâسُّفَهَاء ) because the Muslims underwent suffering and made sacrifices to differentiate themselves from the community of disbelievers. The hypocrites on the other hand thought they could protect their lives and property by keeping friendly relations with the disbelievers and believers alike.