يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
ٱسۡتَعِينُواْ
بِٱلصَّبۡرِ
وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
مَعَ
ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ
١٥٣

O believers! Seek comfort in patience and prayer. Allah is truly with those who are patient.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:154

وَلَا

تَقُولُواْ

لِمَن

يُقۡتَلُ

فِي

سَبِيلِ

ٱللَّهِ

أَمۡوَٰتُۢۚ

بَلۡ

أَحۡيَآءٞ

وَلَٰكِن

لَّا

تَشۡعُرُونَ

١٥٤

Never say that those martyred in the cause of Allah are dead—in fact, they are alive! But you do not perceive it.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:155

وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُم

بِشَيۡءٖ

مِّنَ

ٱلۡخَوۡفِ

وَٱلۡجُوعِ

وَنَقۡصٖ

مِّنَ

ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ

وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ

وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۗ

وَبَشِّرِ

ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ

١٥٥

We will certainly test you with a touch of fear and famine and loss of property, life, and crops. Give good news to those who patiently endure—

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:156

ٱلَّذِينَ

إِذَآ

أَصَٰبَتۡهُم

مُّصِيبَةٞ

قَالُوٓاْ

إِنَّا

لِلَّهِ

وَإِنَّآ

إِلَيۡهِ

رَٰجِعُونَ

١٥٦

who say, when struck by a disaster, “Surely to Allah we belong and to Him we will ˹all˺ return.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:157

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

صَلَوَٰتٞ

مِّن

رَّبِّهِمۡ

وَرَحۡمَةٞۖ

وَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

هُمُ

ٱلۡمُهۡتَدُونَ

١٥٧

They are the ones who will receive Allah’s blessings and mercy. And it is they who are ˹rightly˺ guided.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:158

۞ إِنَّ

ٱلصَّفَا

وَٱلۡمَرۡوَةَ

مِن

شَعَآئِرِ

ٱللَّهِۖ

فَمَنۡ

حَجَّ

ٱلۡبَيۡتَ

أَوِ

ٱعۡتَمَرَ

فَلَا

جُنَاحَ

عَلَيۡهِ

أَن

يَطَّوَّفَ

بِهِمَاۚ

وَمَن

تَطَوَّعَ

خَيۡرٗا

فَإِنَّ

ٱللَّهَ

شَاكِرٌ

عَلِيمٌ

١٥٨

Indeed, ˹the hills of˺ Ṣafa and Marwah¹ are among the symbols of Allah. So whoever makes the major or minor pilgrimage to the ˹Sacred˺ House,² let them walk between ˹the two hills˺. And whoever does good willingly, Allah is truly Appreciative, All-Knowing.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:159

إِنَّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

يَكۡتُمُونَ

مَآ

أَنزَلۡنَا

مِنَ

ٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ

وَٱلۡهُدَىٰ

مِنۢ

بَعۡدِ

مَا

بَيَّنَّٰهُ

لِلنَّاسِ

فِي

ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ

أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

يَلۡعَنُهُمُ

ٱللَّهُ

وَيَلۡعَنُهُمُ

ٱللَّٰعِنُونَ

١٥٩

Those who hide the clear proofs and guidance that We have revealed—after We made it clear for humanity in the Book—will be condemned by Allah and ˹all˺ those who condemn.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:160

إِلَّا

ٱلَّذِينَ

تَابُواْ

وَأَصۡلَحُواْ

وَبَيَّنُواْ

فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ

أَتُوبُ

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

وَأَنَا

ٱلتَّوَّابُ

ٱلرَّحِيمُ

١٦٠

As for those who repent, mend their ways, and let the truth be known, they are the ones to whom I will turn ˹in forgiveness˺, for I am the Accepter of Repentance, Most Merciful.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

2:161