Surah Ali 'Imran, ayah 99
قُلْ يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَأَنتُمْ شُهَدَآءُ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ
Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allāh those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allāh is not unaware of what you do."
Ali 'Imran · 3:99
Word by word
- قُلْqulSay
- يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
- ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
- لِمَlimaWhy
- تَصُدُّونَtaṣuddūna(do) you hinder
- عَنʿanfrom
- سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
- ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
- مَنْman(those) who
- ءَامَنَāmanabelieve[d]
- تَبْغُونَهَاtabghūnahāseeking (to make) it
- عِوَجًۭاʿiwajan(seem) crooked
- وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
- شُهَدَآءُ ۗshuhadāu(are) witnesses
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilin(is) unaware
- عَمَّاʿammāof what
- تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do
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