Quran 2:98, an enemy to Jibril.

Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 98: "Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.

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2:97Before

قُلْ مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّۭا لِّجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُۥ نَزَّلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًۭى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ﴿٩٧﴾

Qul man kaana 'aduwwal li Jibreela fainnahoo nazzalahoo 'alaa qalbika bi iznil laahi musaddiqal limaa baina yadihi wa hudanw wa bushraa lilmu'mineen

Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought the Qur'an down upon your heart, [O Muhammad], by permission of Allah, confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers."

2:98This ayah

مَن كَانَ عَدُوًّۭا لِّلَّهِ وَمَلَٰٓئِكَتِهِۦ وَرُسُلِهِۦ وَجِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَىٰلَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَدُوٌّۭ لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ ﴿٩٨﴾

Man kaana 'aduwwal lillaahi wa malaaa'ikatihee wa Rusulihee wa Jibreela wa Meekaala fa innal laaha 'aduwwul lilkaafireen

Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers.

2:99After

وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ءَايَٰتٍۭ بَيِّنَٰتٍۢ ۖ وَمَا يَكْفُرُ بِهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ ﴿٩٩﴾

Wa laqad anzalnaaa ilaika Aayaatim baiyinaatinw wa maa yakfuru bihaaa illal faasiqoon

And We have certainly revealed to you verses [which are] clear proofs, and no one would deny them except the defiantly disobedient.

Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.

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Meaning and lessons

What Quran 2:98 means, in brief.

The ayah before this one (2:97) answers some of the Jews of Madinah who said that Jibril was their enemy among the angels, because he brought punishment, and so they would not believe in what he brought. Allah replies that whoever is an enemy to Allah, His angels, His messengers, Jibril and Mikail, then Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers.

Ibn Kathir cites the story of Abdullah ibn Salam, who asked the Prophet ﷺ three questions and was told that Jibril had brought the answers; he replied that Jibril is the enemy of the Jews among the angels (Sahih al-Bukhari). The lesson Ibn Kathir draws: the angels are one obedient body of Allah's servants, so hostility to one of them is hostility to Allah who sent him.

Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 2:98. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.

Lessons from this ayah

Belief in the angels is part of iman, and they all obey Allah.
Rejecting a messenger or an angel because of who brought the truth is rejecting the truth itself.
Jibril and Mikail are named in the Quran.

Where Quran 2:98 is in the mushaf

Ayah 98 of Surah Al-Baqarah (البَقَرَةِ), "The Cow", surah 2 of the Quran, a Medinan surah of 286 ayat revealed in Madinah. It is in juz 1 (para 1), hizb 2, on page 15 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 2/98, 2 98 or Quran 2 98.

Questions

Good to know.

What does Quran 2:98 say?

Whoever is an enemy to Allah and His angels and His messengers and Gabriel and Michael - then indeed, Allah is an enemy to the disbelievers. (Sahih International)

What is Quran 2:98 about?

Which surah and juz is 2:98 in?

It is in Surah Al-Baqarah, surah 2 of the Quran, in juz 1 (para 1), on page 15 of the Madinah mushaf.

What comes before and after 2:98?

The ayah before, 2:97, says: "Say, "Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel - it is [none but] he who has brought the Qur'an down upon your heart, [O Muhammad], by permission of Allah, confirming that which was before it and as guidance and good tidings for the believers."" The ayah after, 2:99, says: "And We have certainly revealed to you verses [which are] clear proofs, and no one would deny them except the defiantly disobedient."