The Quran

سورة البَقَرَة

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:45

The Cow · Verse 45 of 286

وَاسْتَعِينُوا بِالصَّبْرِ وَالصَّلَاةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى الْخَاشِعِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

Seek (God´s) help through perfect perseverance and Prayer, and this is indeed a very hard thing except for those who are humble.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nay, seek (Allah's) help with patient perseverance and prayer: It is indeed hard, except to those who bring a lowly spirit,-

Ahmed Ali

Find strength in fortitude and prayer, which is heavy and exacting but for those who are humble and meek,

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Ali Unal

Seek help through patience (and fasting, which requires and enables great patience), and through the Prayer. Indeed the Prayer is burdensome, but not for those humbled by their reverence of God:

Daryabadi

And seek help in patience and prayer and verily it is, hard except prayer unto the meek.

Faridul Haque

And seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard except for those who prostrate before Me with sincerity.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And seek assistance through patience and prayer, and this is hard except for the humble ones,

Maulvi Sher Ali

And seek help with patience and prayer, and this indeed is hard except for the humble in spirit,

Muhammad Asad

And seek aid in steadfast patience and prayer: and this, indeed, is a hard thing for all but the humble in spirit,

Muhammad Musin Khan

And seek help in patience and As-Salat (the prayer) and truly it is extremely heavy and hard except for Al-Khashi'un [i.e. the true believers in Allah - those who obey Allah with full submission, fear much from His Punishment, and believe in His Promise (Paradise, etc.) and in His Warnings (Hell, etc.)].

Muhammad Pickthall

Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded,

Muhammad Sarwar

Help yourselves (in your affairs) with patience and prayer. It is a difficult task indeed, but not for the humble ones

Muhammed ali Shakir

And seek assistance through patience and prayer, and most surely it is a hard thing except for the humble ones,

Rashad Khalifa

You shall seek help through steadfastness and the Contact Prayers (Salat). This is difficult indeed, but not so for the reverent,

Shabbir Ahmed

If you wish to strengthen your own ‘self’ and promote the well-being of the society, then be patient and resolute in establishing the Divinely ordained System of Life. It is hard except for those who are humbly committed to a noble cause,