← Surah 2

2:138

صِبْغَةَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ صِبْغَةً ۖ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ عَـٰبِدُونَ

Word by word

صِبْغَةَ
(The) color (religion)
Noun
Root: صبغ
Grammar (i'rab)
صِبْغَةَNoun — feminine، accusative
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
وَمَنْ
And who
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — resumption، prefix
مَنْNoun — interrogative
أَحْسَنُ
(is) better
Noun
Root: حسن
Grammar (i'rab)
أَحْسَنُNoun — masc. sing.، nominative
مِنَ
than
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِنَPreposition — preposition
ٱللَّهِ
Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
صِبْغَةً
at coloring
Noun
Root: صبغ
Grammar (i'rab)
صِبْغَةًNoun — feminine، indefinite، accusative
وَنَحْنُ
And we
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — conjunction، prefix
نَحْنُNoun — pronoun، 1st plur.
لَهُۥ
to Him
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
لَPreposition — preposition، prefix
هُۥNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. sing.
عَٰبِدُونَ
(are) worshippers
Noun
Root: عبد
Grammar (i'rab)
عَٰبِدُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

(Our religion is) the Baptism of Allah: And who can baptize better than Allah? And it is He Whom we worship.

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

‘[Our life] takes its colour from God, and who gives a better colour than God? It is Him we worship.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

(We take our) colour from Allah, and who is better than Allah at colouring. We are His worshippers.

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

[And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him."

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Allah'ın verdiği renge uyun; rengi Allah'ınkinden daha güzel olan kim vardır? "Biz O'na kulluk edenleriz" deyin.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Allah'ın boyasına bak, (vaftiz nolacak?) Kim, Allah'dan daha güzel boya vurabilir ki? İşte biz O'na ibadet edenleriz.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Allah’ın boyası (ile boyanın)! Allah’ın boyasından daha güzel boyası olan kimmiş! Biz yalnızca O’na kulluk edicileriz.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

الزموا دين الله الذي فطركم عليه، فليس هناك أحسنُ مِن فطرة الله التي فطر الناس عليها، فالزموها وقولوا نحن خاضعون مطيعون لربنا في اتباعنا ملَّة إبراهيم.

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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