Objective Word-for-Word Translation of Quran 2:97 (Arabic to English)Quran 2:97 (Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayah 97) in Arabic:قُلْ مَنْ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِجِبْرِيلَ فَإِنَّهُ نَزَّلَهُ عَلَىٰ قَلْبِكَ بِإِذْنِ اللَّهِ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَWord-for-word literal breakdown (following standard Arabic grammar, no interpretive gloss, no tafsir or ijma):Arabic Word

Literal English Equivalent

قُلْ

say-(sg. imperative)

مَنْ

who

كَانَ

was

عَدُوًّا

enemy-(acc.)

لِجِبْرِيلَ

to-Gabriel

فَإِنَّهُ

then-indeed-he

نَزَّلَهُ

sent-down-it

عَلَىٰ

upon

قَلْبِكَ

heart-your-(sg.)

بِإِذْنِ

by-permission

اللَّهِ

Allah

مُصَدِّقًا

confirming-(acc.)

لِمَا

to-what

بَيْنَ

between

يَدَيْهِ

hands-his

وَهُدًى

and-guidance

وَبُشْرَىٰ

and-good-news

لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

to-the-believers

Full concatenated literal rendering (no smoothing, no punctuation added beyond Arabic structure):

"say-(sg.) who was enemy to-Gabriel then-indeed-he sent-down-it upon heart-your-(sg.) by-permission Allah confirming to-what between hands-his and-guidance and-good-news to-the-believers."