Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 7
هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ مِنْهُ ءَايَـٰتٌ مُّحْكَمَـٰتٌ هُنَّ أُمُّ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَأُخَرُ مُتَشَـٰبِهَـٰتٌ ۖ فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ زَيْغٌ فَيَتَّبِعُونَ مَا تَشَـٰبَهَ مِنْهُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ ٱلْفِتْنَةِ وَٱبْتِغَآءَ تَأْوِيلِهِۦ ۗ وَمَا يَعْلَمُ تَأْوِيلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ۗ وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَ فِى ٱلْعِلْمِ يَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ كُلٌّ مِّنْ عِندِ رَبِّنَا ۗ وَمَا يَذَّكَّرُ إِلَّآ أُو۟لُوا۟ ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
It is He who has sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], the Book; in it are verses [that are] precise - they are the foundation of the Book - and others unspecific. As for those in whose hearts is deviation [from truth], they will follow that of it which is unspecific, seeking discord and seeking an interpretation [suitable to them]. And no one knows its [true] interpretation except Allāh. But those firm in knowledge say, "We believe in it. All [of it] is from our Lord." And no one will be reminded except those of understanding.
Word by word
- هُوَhuwaHe
- ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
- أَنزَلَanzalarevealed
- عَلَيْكَʿalaykato you
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
- مِنْهُmin'huof it
- ءَايَـٰتٌۭāyātun(are) Verses
- مُّحْكَمَـٰتٌmuḥ'kamātunabsolutely clear
- هُنَّhunnathey (are)
- أُمُّummuthe foundation
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- وَأُخَرُwa-ukharuand others
- مُتَشَـٰبِهَـٰتٌۭ ۖmutashābihātun(are) allegorical
- فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as for
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
- فِىfīin
- قُلُوبِهِمْqulūbihimtheir hearts
- زَيْغٌۭzayghun(is) perversity
- فَيَتَّبِعُونَfayattabiʿūna[so] they follow
- مَاmāwhat
- تَشَـٰبَهَtashābaha(is) allegorical
- مِنْهُmin'huof it
- ٱبْتِغَآءَib'tighāaseeking
- ٱلْفِتْنَةِl-fit'nati[the] discord
- وَٱبْتِغَآءَwa-ib'tighāaand seeking
- تَأْوِيلِهِۦ ۗtawīlihiits interpretation
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- يَعْلَمُyaʿlamuknows
- تَأْوِيلَهُۥٓtawīlahuits interpretation
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- ٱللَّهُ ۗl-lahuAllah
- وَٱلرَّٰسِخُونَwal-rāsikhūnaAnd those firm
- فِىfīin
- ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mi[the] knowledge
- يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey say
- ءَامَنَّاāmannāWe believe
- بِهِۦbihiin it
- كُلٌّۭkullunAll
- مِّنْmin(is)
- عِندِʿindifrom
- رَبِّنَا ۗrabbināour Lord
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- يَذَّكَّرُyadhakkaruwill take heed
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أُو۟لُوا۟ulūmen
- ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِl-albābi(of) understanding
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