Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 48
وَأَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَمُهَيْمِنًا عَلَيْهِ ۖ فَٱحْكُم بَيْنَهُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَلَا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ عَمَّا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْحَقِّ ۚ لِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مِنكُمْ شِرْعَةً وَمِنْهَاجًا ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَعَلَكُمْ أُمَّةً وَٰحِدَةً وَلَـٰكِن لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْ فِى مَآ ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۖ فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟ ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ
And We have revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] in truth, confirming that which preceded it of the Scripture and as a criterion over it. So judge between them by what Allāh has revealed and do not follow their inclinations away from what has come to you of the truth. To each of you We prescribed a law and a method. Had Allāh willed, He would have made you one nation [united in religion], but [He intended] to test you in what He has given you; so race to [all that is] good. To Allāh is your return all together, and He will [then] inform you concerning that over which you used to differ.
Word by word
- وَأَنزَلْنَآwa-anzalnāAnd We revealed
- إِلَيْكَilaykato you
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin [the] truth
- مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
- لِّمَاlimāwhat
- بَيْنَbayna(was) before
- يَدَيْهِyadayhihis hands
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
- وَمُهَيْمِنًاwamuhayminanand a guardian
- عَلَيْهِ ۖʿalayhiover it
- فَٱحْكُمfa-uḥ'kumSo judge
- بَيْنَهُمbaynahumbetween them
- بِمَآbimāby what
- أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
- ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah
- وَلَاwalāand (do) not
- تَتَّبِعْtattabiʿfollow
- أَهْوَآءَهُمْahwāahumtheir vain desires
- عَمَّاʿammāwhen
- جَآءَكَjāakahas come to you
- مِنَminaof
- ٱلْحَقِّ ۚl-ḥaqithe truth
- لِكُلٍّۢlikullinFor each
- جَعَلْنَاjaʿalnāWe have made
- مِنكُمْminkumfor you
- شِرْعَةًۭshir'ʿatana law
- وَمِنْهَاجًۭا ۚwamin'hājanand a clear way
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- شَآءَshāa(had) willed
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- لَجَعَلَكُمْlajaʿalakumHe (would have) made you
- أُمَّةًۭummatana community
- وَٰحِدَةًۭwāḥidatanone
- وَلَـٰكِنwalākin[and] but
- لِّيَبْلُوَكُمْliyabluwakumto test you
- فِىfīin
- مَآmāwhat
- ءَاتَىٰكُمْ ۖātākumHe (has) given you
- فَٱسْتَبِقُوا۟fa-is'tabiqūso race
- ٱلْخَيْرَٰتِ ۚl-khayrāti(to) the good
- إِلَىilāTo
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- مَرْجِعُكُمْmarjiʿukumyou will return
- جَمِيعًۭاjamīʿanall
- فَيُنَبِّئُكُمfayunabbi-ukumthen He will inform you
- بِمَاbimāof what
- كُنتُمْkuntumyou were
- فِيهِfīhiconcerning it
- تَخْتَلِفُونَtakhtalifūnadiffering
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