Quran 2:152, remember Me, and I will remember you.

Surah Al-Baqarah, ayah 152: "So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me." 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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2:151Before

كَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِيكُمْ رَسُولًۭا مِّنكُمْ يَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَيُزَكِّيكُمْ وَيُعَلِّمُكُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَيُعَلِّمُكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ ﴿١٥١﴾

kamaaa arsalnaa feekum Rasoolam minkum yatloo 'alaikum aayaatina wa yuzakkeekum wa yu'alli mukumul kitaaba wal hikmata wa yu'allimukum maa lam takoonoo ta'lamoon

Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did not know.

2:152This ayah

فَٱذْكُرُونِىٓ أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ لِى وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ ﴿١٥٢﴾

Fazkurooneee azkurkum washkuroo lee wa laa takfuroon

So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me.

2:153After

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٥٣﴾

Yaaa ayyuhal laazeena aamanus ta'eenoo bissabri was Salaah; innal laaha ma'as-saabireen

O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.

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 2:152 means, in brief.

Allah says: remember Me, and I will remember you; be grateful to Me and do not be ungrateful. Ibn Kathir cites the hadith qudsi: "If he remembers Me within himself, I remember him within Myself; and if he remembers Me in a gathering, I remember him in a gathering better than it" (Sahih al-Bukhari 7405; Sahih Muslim 2675).

The ayah comes after the change of the qiblah and Allah's mention of sending a messenger who recites His ayat and purifies the believers. Remembrance and gratitude are the response to such favours.

Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 2:152. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.

Lessons from this ayah

Dhikr brings Allah's remembrance of you.
Gratitude is the right response to every favour.
Even a quiet dhikr in your heart is known to Allah.

Where Quran 2:152 is in the mushaf

Ayah 152 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 2 (para 2), hizb 3, on page 23 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 2/152, 2 152 or Quran 2 152.

More verses on this theme: Quran verses about gratitude.

Questions

Good to know.

What does Quran 2:152 say?

So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me. (Sahih International)

What is Quran 2:152 about?

Which surah and juz is 2:152 in?

It is in Surah Al-Baqarah, surah 2 of the Quran, in juz 2 (para 2), on page 23 of the Madinah mushaf.

What comes before and after 2:152?

The ayah before, 2:151, says: "Just as We have sent among you a messenger from yourselves reciting to you Our verses and purifying you and teaching you the Book and wisdom and teaching you that which you did not know." The ayah after, 2:153, says: "O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient."