Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 23
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ
Do you not consider, [O Muḥammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allāh that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.
Ali 'Imran · 3:23
Word by word
- أَلَمْalamHave not
- تَرَtarayou seen
- إِلَىilā[to]
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
- نَصِيبًۭاnaṣībana portion
- مِّنَminaof
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Scripture
- يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnaThey are invited
- إِلَىٰilāto
- كِتَـٰبِkitābi(the) Book
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- لِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumathat (it should) arbitrate
- بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
- ثُمَّthummathen
- يَتَوَلَّىٰyatawallāturns away
- فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna party
- مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
- وَهُمwahumand they (are)
- مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnathose who are averse
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