Surah Al-An'am, ayah 91
وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ بَشَرٍ مِّن شَىْءٍ ۗ قُلْ مَنْ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَ بِهِۦ مُوسَىٰ نُورًا وَهُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ ۖ تَجْعَلُونَهُۥ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيرًا ۖ وَعُلِّمْتُم مَّا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنتُمْ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ ۖ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ۖ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِى خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ
And they did not appraise Allāh with true appraisal when they said, "Allāh did not reveal to a human being anything." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture that Moses brought as light and guidance to the people? You [Jews] make it into pages, disclosing [some of] it and concealing much. And you were taught that which you knew not - neither you nor your fathers." Say, "Allāh [revealed it]." Then leave them in their [empty] discourse, amusing themselves.
Word by word
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- قَدَرُوا۟qadarūthey appraised
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- حَقَّḥaqqa(with) true
- قَدْرِهِۦٓqadrihi[of his] appraisal
- إِذْidhwhen
- قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
- مَآmāNot
- أَنزَلَanzalarevealed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
- عَلَىٰʿalāon
- بَشَرٍۢbasharina human being
- مِّنmin[of]
- شَىْءٍۢ ۗshayinanything
- قُلْqulSay
- مَنْmanWho
- أَنزَلَanzalarevealed
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
- جَآءَjāabrought
- بِهِۦbihi[it]
- مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
- نُورًۭاnūran(as) a light
- وَهُدًۭىwahudanand guidance
- لِّلنَّاسِ ۖlilnnāsifor the people
- تَجْعَلُونَهُۥtajʿalūnahuYou make it
- قَرَاطِيسَqarāṭīsa(into) parchments
- تُبْدُونَهَاtub'dūnahāyou disclose (some of) it
- وَتُخْفُونَwatukh'fūnaand you conceal
- كَثِيرًۭا ۖkathīranmuch (of it)
- وَعُلِّمْتُمwaʿullim'tumAnd you were taught
- مَّاmāwhat
- لَمْlamnot
- تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūknew
- أَنتُمْantumyou
- وَلَآwalāand not
- ءَابَآؤُكُمْ ۖābāukumyour forefathers
- قُلِquliSay
- ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah (revealed it)
- ثُمَّthummaThen
- ذَرْهُمْdharhumleave them
- فِىfīin
- خَوْضِهِمْkhawḍihimtheir discourse
- يَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūnaplaying
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