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Surah As-Saff Ayat 11 in Arabic Text

تُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتُجَٰهِدُونَ فِي سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ بِأَمۡوَٰلِكُمۡ وَأَنفُسِكُمۡۚ ذَٰلِكُمۡ خَيۡرٞ لَّكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Tu’minoona billaahi wa Rasoolihee wa tujaahidoona fee sabeelil laahi bi amwaalikum wa anfusikum; zaalikum khairul lakum in kuntum ta’lamoon

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 11

Sahih International
[It is that] you believe in Allah and His Messenger and strive in the cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That is best for you, if you should know.

Yusuf Ali
That ye believe in Allah and His Messenger, and that ye strive (your utmost) in the Cause of Allah, with your property and your persons: That will be best for you, if ye but knew!

Abul Ala Maududi
Have faith in Allah and His Messenger and strive in the Way of Allah with your possessions and your lives. That is better for you if you only knew.

Muhsin Khan
That you believe in Allah and His Messenger (Muhammad SAW), and that you strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives, that will be better for you, if you but know!

Pickthall
Ye should believe in Allah and His messenger, and should strive for the cause of Allah with your wealth and your lives. That is better for you, if ye did but know.

Dr. Ghali
You believe in Allah and His Messenger, and strive in the way of Allah with your riches and yourselves. That is most charitable (i.e., best) for you in case you know.

Abdel Haleem
Have faith in God and His Messenger and struggle for His cause with your possessions and your persons––that is better for you, if only you knew-

Muhammad Junagarhi
اللہ تعالیٰ پر اور اس کے رسول پر ایمان ﻻؤ اور اللہ کی راه میں اپنے مال اور اپنی جانوں سے جہاد کرو۔ یہ تمہارے لیے بہتر ہے اگر تم میں علم ہو

Quran 61 Verse 11 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah As-Saff ayat 11, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(61:11) Have faith in Allah and His Messenger[15] and strive in the Way of Allah with your possessions and your lives. That is better for you if you only knew.[16]


15. When the believers are asked to believe, it automatically gives the meaning that they should become sincere Muslims: they should not rest content with oral profession of the faith but should be ready and willing to make every sacrifice in the cause of their faith.

16. That is, this bargain is far superior for them to every worldly bargain.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah As-Saff verse 11 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Saff ayat 11 which provides the complete commentary from verse 11 through 13.

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