Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 20
فَإِنْ حَآجُّوكَ فَقُلْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِىَ لِلَّهِ وَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَنِ ۗ وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ ءَأَسْلَمْتُمْ ۚ فَإِنْ أَسْلَمُوا۟ فَقَدِ ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ بَصِيرٌۢ بِٱلْعِبَادِ
So if they argue with you, say, "I have submitted myself to Allāh [in Islām], and [so have] those who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture and [to] the unlearned, "Have you submitted yourselves?" And if they submit [in Islām], they are rightly guided; but if they turn away - then upon you is only the [duty of] notification. And Allāh is Seeing of [His] servants.
Word by word
- فَإِنْfa-inThen if
- حَآجُّوكَḥājjūkathey argue with you
- فَقُلْfaqulthen say
- أَسْلَمْتُaslamtuI have submitted
- وَجْهِىَwajhiyamyself
- لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
- وَمَنِwamaniand (those) who
- ٱتَّبَعَنِ ۗittabaʿanifollow me
- وَقُلwaqulAnd say
- لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīnato those who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَwal-umiyīnaand the unlettered people
- ءَأَسْلَمْتُمْ ۚa-aslamtumHave you submitted yourselves
- فَإِنْfa-inThen if
- أَسْلَمُوا۟aslamūthey submit
- فَقَدِfaqadithen surely
- ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖih'tadawthey are guided
- وَّإِنwa-inBut if
- تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallawthey turn back
- فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamāthen only
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykaon you
- ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗl-balāghu(is) to [the] convey
- وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
- بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrun(is) All-Seer
- بِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādiof [His] slaves
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