Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 78
وَإِنَّ مِنْهُمْ لَفَرِيقًا يَلْوُۥنَ أَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِتَحْسَبُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not from the Scripture. And they say, "This is from Allāh," but it is not from Allāh. And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know.
Ali 'Imran · 3:78
Word by word
- وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
- مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
- لَفَرِيقًۭاlafarīqansurely (is) a group
- يَلْوُۥنَyalwūnathey distort
- أَلْسِنَتَهُمalsinatahumtheir tongues
- بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābiin (reciting) the Book
- لِتَحْسَبُوهُlitaḥsabūhuso that you may think it
- مِنَmina(is) from
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
- وَمَاwamāand not
- هُوَhuwait
- مِنَmina(is) from
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
- وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
- هُوَhuwaIt
- مِنْmin(is)
- عِندِʿindifrom
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَمَاwamāBut not
- هُوَhuwait
- مِنْmin(is)
- عِندِʿindifrom
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
- عَلَىʿalāabout
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
- وَهُمْwahumwhile they
- يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
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