The Quran

سورة البَقَرَة

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:8

The Cow · Verse 8 of 286

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَمَا هُمْ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

Abdul Mannan Omar

THERE are some people who say, `We believe in Allâh and the Last Day,´ while they are no believers at all.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Of the people there are some who say: "We believe in Allah and the Last Day;" but they do not (really) believe.

Ahmed Ali

And there are some who, though they say: "We believe in God and the Last Day," (in reality) do not believe.

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Ali Unal

Among people are some who say, "We believe in God and in the Last Day", although they are not believers.

Daryabadi

And of mankind are some who say: we believe in Allah and in the Last Day: whereas they are not believers.

Faridul Haque

And among the people are some * that say, "We believe in Allah and the Last Day **" whereas they are not believers! (* The hypocrites ** the Day of Resurrection)

Maulana Muhammad Ali

And there are some people who say: We believe in Allah and the Last Day; and they are not believers.

Maulvi Sher Ali

And of the people there are some who say, `We believe in ALLAH, and the Last Day;' while they are not believers at all.

Muhammad Asad

And there are people who say, "We do believe in God and the Last Day," the while they do not [really] believe.

Muhammad Musin Khan

And of mankind, there are some (hypocrites) who say: "We believe in Allah and the Last Day" while in fact they believe not.

Muhammad Pickthall

And of mankind are some who say: We believe in Allah and the Last Day, when they believe not.

Muhammad Sarwar

Some people say, "We believe in God and the Day of Judgment," but they are not true believers.

Muhammed ali Shakir

And there are some people who say: We believe in Allah and the last day; and they are not at all believers.

Rashad Khalifa

Then there are those who say, "We believe in GOD and the Last Day," while they are not believers.

Shabbir Ahmed

And of mankind there are those who claim, “We believe in God and the Last Day", while they are not believers.

Commentary 2:8 After mentioning the two classes of people, the believers (- muminîn) and the rejecters of the Revelation (- kâfirîn), the Holy Qur’ân now comes to a third…

وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَن يَقُولُ آمَنَّا بِاللَّهِ وَبِالْيَوْمِ الْآخِرِ وَمَا هُم بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

2:8 After mentioning the two classes of people, the believers (- muminîn) and the rejecters of the Revelation (- kâfirîn), the Holy Qur’ân now comes to a third class of people: the hypocrites or Munâfiqîn مُنافقين. Hypocrites are those who profess to be believers, but who are disbelievers at heart and in deeds, lacking the strength of Faith necessary for complete obedience. The hypocrite “wanders like a blind man” (2:15). Chapter 63 of the Holy Qur’ân (Al-Munâfiqûn - The Hypocrites) and chapter 9, verses 38-108 deal in detail with this category of people. There are other places where the Holy Qur’ân also gives detailed accounts of the tactics of the hypocrites (3:149-180), and confirms that hypocrisy cannot remain hidden for long (29:11).