Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from Allah would have been better, if they only knew.
Al-Baqarah 2:103
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وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ ۖ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
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Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from God would have been better, if they only knew.
If they had believed and were careful to obey Allah, the reward from Allah would have been much better, if only they knew!
If only they had believed and been mindful of Allah, the reward from Him would have been far better — if only they realized!
Had they believed and been mindful, a reward from God would have been far better—if only they knew.
Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from Allah would be better—if they only knew.
Had they believed and been righteous, the reward from God would be better—if they only knew.
And if they had believed and feared Allāh, then the reward from Allāh would have been [far] better, if they only knew.
And if they had believed, and guarded themselves from evil and kept their duty to Allâh, far better would have been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
If only they had believed and feared Allah, they would have had a better reward from Allah, if only they knew!
If they had kept their Faith and guarded themselves from evil, far better had been the reward from their Lord, if they but knew!
And if they had believed and kept from evil, a recompense from Allah would be better, if they only knew.
And had they but believed and been mindful of God, His reward would have been far better for them, if they had but known it.
Had they believed in Allah and practised piety, they would have received a far better reward from AIIah, if they had but known it.
Had they been faithful and Godwary, the reward from Allah would have been better, had they known!
Walaw annahum amanoo waittaqaw lamathoobatun min AAindi Allahi khayrun law kanoo yaAAlamoona