Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 110
كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ ۗ وَلَوْ ءَامَنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم ۚ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَ
You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.
Ali 'Imran · 3:110
Word by word
- كُنتُمْkuntumYou are
- خَيْرَkhayra(the) best
- أُمَّةٍummatin(of) people
- أُخْرِجَتْukh'rijatraised
- لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
- تَأْمُرُونَtamurūnaenjoining
- بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfithe right
- وَتَنْهَوْنَwatanhawnaand forbidding
- عَنِʿani[from]
- ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong
- وَتُؤْمِنُونَwatu'minūnaand believing
- بِٱللَّهِ ۗbil-lahiin Allah
- وَلَوْwalawAnd if
- ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
- أَهْلُahlu(the) People
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- لَكَانَlakānasurely would have been
- خَيْرًۭاkhayrangood
- لَّهُم ۚlahumfor them
- مِّنْهُمُmin'humuAmong them
- ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūna(are) [the] believers
- وَأَكْثَرُهُمُwa-aktharuhumubut most of them
- ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūna(are) defiantly disobedient
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