Tafseer : Al-Baqarah 137-138

فَإِنْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَآ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟

فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِى شِقَاقٍ ۖ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

صِبْغَةَ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ صِبْغَةً ۖ وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ عَـٰبِدُونَ

So if they believe in the like of that

which you believe then they are rightly guided

but if they turn away, then they only oppose.

So Allah will suffice for you against them.

And He is the Hearer, the Knower.

Our Sibghah (religion) is the Sibghah of Allah (Islam)

and which Sibghah can be better than Allah’s

And we are His worshippers.

Allah said, if they, the disbelievers among the People of the Book and other disbelievers, believe in all of Allah’s Books and Messengers and do not differentiate between any of them,

فَقَدِ اهْتَدَواْ

then they are rightly guided

meaning, they would acquire the truth and be directed to it.

وَإِن تَوَلَّوْاْ

but if they turn away

from truth to falsehood after proof had been presented to them,

فَإِنَّمَا هُمْ فِى شِقَاقٍ فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ اللَّهُ

then they are only in opposition. So Allah will suffice you against them

meaning, Allah will aid the believers against them,

وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ

And He is the Hearer, the Knower.

Allah said,

صِبْغَةَ اللَّهِ

The Sibghah of Allah

Ad-Dahhak said that Ibn `Abbas commented, “The religion of Allah.” This Tafsir was also reported of Mujahid, Abu Al-`Aliyah, `Ikrimah, Ibrahim, Al-Hasan, Qatadah, Ad-Dahhak, `Abdullah bin Kathir, `Atiyah Al-`Awfi, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas, As-Suddi and other scholars. The Ayat,

فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ

Allah’s Fitrah (Allah’s Islamic Monotheism) (Ar-Rum 30) directs Muslims to, “Hold on to it.”

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