Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 72
وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَجْهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will return [i.e., abandon their religion],
Ali 'Imran · 3:72
Word by word
- وَقَالَتwaqālatAnd said
- طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna group
- مِّنْminof
- أَهْلِahli(the) People
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve
- بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin what
- أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
- عَلَىʿalāon
- ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
- ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
- وَجْهَwajha(at the) beginning
- ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day
- وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟wa-uk'furūand reject
- ءَاخِرَهُۥākhirahu(at) its end
- لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumperhaps they may
- يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn
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