Comparative Study
English Translations of Quran 2:103
16 scholarly English translations of verse 103 from Surah Al-Baqarah, presented for comparative study.
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Yusuf Ali
Abdullah Yusuf AliIf they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far better had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Hilali & Muhsin KhanAnd if they had believed, and guarded themselves from evil and kept their duty to Allah, far better would have been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
Had they come to believe instead, and taken heed for themselves, they would surely have earned from God a far better reward. If only they had sense!
Ahmed Raza Khan
Ahmed Raza KhanAnd had they believed and been pious, then the recompense from Allah is extremely good; if only they knew!
Yet had they believed, and been godfearing, a recompense from God had been better, if they had but known.
Daryabadi
Abdul Majid DaryabadiAnd had they believed and feared, surely better had been the reward from before Allah, if they but knew!
Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from God would have been better, if they only knew.
Had they believed in Allah and practised piety, they would have received a far better reward from AIIah, if they had but known it.
Mubarakpuri
Safi-ur-Rahman al-MubarakpuriAnd if they had believed and guarded themselves from evil and kept their duty to Allah, far better would have been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
Pickthall
Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd if they had believed and kept from evil, a recompense from Allah would be better, if they only knew.
Had they been faithful and Godwary, the reward from Allah would have been better, had they known!
Qaribullah & Darwish
Hasan al-Fatih Qaribullah and Ahmad DarwishHad they believed and were cautious, far better for them would be the reward from Allah, if they but knew.
Would that they had known that if they had embraced the faith and avoided evil, they would have received better rewards from God.
Shakir
Mohammad Habib ShakirAnd if they had believed and guarded themselves (against evil), reward from Allah would certainly have been better; had they but known (this).
Wahiduddin Khan
Wahiduddin KhanAnd had they but believed and been mindful of God, His reward would have been far better for them, if they had but known it.