Al-Baqarah Verse 139 | 2:139

قُلْ اَتُحَاۤجُّوْنَنَا فِى اللّٰهِ وَهُوَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْۚ وَلَنَآ اَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ اَعْمَالُكُمْۚ وَنَحْنُ لَهٗ مُخْلِصُوْنَ ۙ ( البقرة: ١٣٩ )

qul

قُلْ

Say

atuḥājjūnanā

أَتُحَآجُّونَنَا

"Do you argue with us

fī

فِى

about

l-lahi

ٱللَّهِ

Allah

wahuwa

وَهُوَ

while He

rabbunā

رَبُّنَا

(is) our Lord

warabbukum

وَرَبُّكُمْ

and your Lord?

walanā

وَلَنَآ

And for us

aʿmālunā

أَعْمَٰلُنَا

(are) our deeds

walakum

وَلَكُمْ

and for you

aʿmālukum

أَعْمَٰلُكُمْ

(are) your deeds

wanaḥnu

وَنَحْنُ

and we

lahu

لَهُۥ

to Him

mukh'liṣūna

مُخْلِصُونَ

(are) sincere

Qul atuhaaajjoonanaa fil laahi wa Huwa Rabbunaa wa Rabbukum wa lanaa a'maalunaa wa lakum a'maalukum wa nahnu lahoo mukhlisson (al-Baq̈arah 2:139)

Sahih International:

Say, [O Muhammad], "Do you argue with us about Allah while He is our Lord and your Lord? For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. And we are sincere [in deed and intention] to Him." (Al-Baqarah [2] : 139)

1 Mufti Taqi Usmani

Say: “Would you argue with us about Allah, when He is our Lord as well as your Lord? For us our deeds, and for you your deeds! And we are faithful to Him.

2 Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

3 Ruwwad Translation Center

4 A. J. Arberry

5 Abdul Haleem

6 Abdul Majid Daryabadi

7 Abdullah Yusuf Ali

8 Abul Ala Maududi

9 Ahmed Ali

10 Ahmed Raza Khan

11 Ali Quli Qarai

12 Ali Ünal

Say: "Do you dispute with us concerning God (as if He had said Paradise is only for the Jews or the Christians) seeing that He is our Lord and your Lord (He has created and provides for us as well as for you). (Whatever He commands us to believe, He also commands you to believe. Yet if you persist in disputing and asserting your superiority, then) to us are accounted our deeds, and to you, your deeds. It is we who are sincere to Him (in believing in Him and worshipping Him exclusively)."

13 Amatul Rahman Omar

14 English Literal

15 Faridul Haque

16 Hamid S. Aziz

17 Hilali & Khan

18 Maulana Mohammad Ali

19 Mohammad Habib Shakir

20 Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

21 Muhammad Sarwar

22 Qaribullah & Darwish

23 Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

24 Wahiduddin Khan

25 Talal Itani

26 Tafsir jalalayn

Say, to them; `Would you then dispute with us concerning God, that He chose a prophet from among the Arabs, and He is our Lord and your Lord?, and so it is for Him to choose whom He will, Our deeds belong to us, for which we will be requited, and to you belong your deeds, for which you will be requited, so that it is not improbable that among our deeds there will be those for which we will deserve to be honoured; and to Him we are sincerely devoted, in religion and in deed, unlike you, hence, we are more worthy to be chosen (the hamza [of a-tuhjjnan, `would you then dispute'] is for rejection, and the three clauses that follow it are all circumstantial qualifiers).

27 Tafseer Ibn Kathir

Allah directed His Prophet to pre-empt the arguments with the idolators;

قُلْ أَتُحَأجُّونَنَا فِي اللّهِ

Say (O Muhammad to the Jews and Christians), "Dispute you with us about Allah,

meaning, "Do you dispute with us regarding the Oneness of Allah, obedience and submission to Him and in avoiding His prohibitions!

وَهُوَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمْ

while He is our Lord and your Lord,

meaning, He has full control over us and you, and deserves the worship alone without partners.

وَلَنَا أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْ

And we are to be rewarded for our deeds and you for your deeds.

meaning, we disown you and what you worship, just as you disown us.

Allah said in another Ayah,

وَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقُل لِّى عَمَلِى وَلَكُمْ عَمَلُكُمْ أَنتُمْ بَرِييُونَ مِمَّأ أَعْمَلُ وَأَنَاْ بَرِىءٌ مِّمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

And if they belie you, say;"For me are my deeds and for you are your deeds! You are innocent of what I do, and I am innocent of what you do!" (10;41)

and,

فَإنْ حَأجُّوكَ فَقُلْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِىَ للَّهِ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِ

So if they dispute with you (Muhammad) say;"I have submitted myself to Allah (in Islam), and (so have) those who follow me." (3;20)

Allah said about Ibrahim,

وَحَأجَّهُ قَوْمُهُ قَالَ أَتُحَاجُّونِّى فِى اللَّهِ

His people disputed with him. He said;"Do you dispute with me concerning Allah." (6;80)

and,

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِى حَأجَّ إِبْرَهِيمَ فِى رِبِّهِ

Have you not looked at him who disputed with Ibrahim about his Lord (Allah). (2;258)

He said in this honorable Ayah,

وَلَنَا أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْ وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُخْلِصُونَ

And we are to be rewarded for our deeds and you for your deeds. And we are sincere to Him.

meaning, "We disown you just as you disown us,"

وَنَحْنُ لَهُ مُخْلِصُونَ

And we are sincere to Him,

in worship and submission.