Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 111
وَقَالُوا۟ لَن يَدْخُلَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا مَن كَانَ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۗ تِلْكَ أَمَانِيُّهُمْ ۗ قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
And they say, "None will enter Paradise except one who is a Jew or a Christian." That is [merely] their wishful thinking. Say, "Produce your proof, if you should be truthful."
Al-Baqarah · 2:111
Word by word
- وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
- لَنlanNever
- يَدْخُلَyadkhulawill enter
- ٱلْجَنَّةَl-janatathe Paradise
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَنmanwho
- كَانَkānais
- هُودًاhūdan(a) Jew[s]
- أَوْawor
- نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۗnaṣārā(a) Christian[s]
- تِلْكَtil'kaThat
- أَمَانِيُّهُمْ ۗamāniyyuhum(is) their wishful thinking
- قُلْqulSay
- هَاتُوا۟hātūBring
- بُرْهَـٰنَكُمْbur'hānakumyour proof
- إِنinif
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
- صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīna[those who are] truthful
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