← Surah 3

3:23

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Word by word

أَلَمْ
Have not
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
أَNoun — interrogative، prefix
لَمْPreposition — negative
تَرَ
you seen
Verb
Root: رأي
Grammar (i'rab)
تَرَVerb — imperfect، 2nd masc. sing.
إِلَى
[to]
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَىPreposition — preposition
ٱلَّذِينَ
those who
Noun
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلَّذِينَNoun — relative، masc. plur.
أُوتُوا۟
were given
Verb
Root: أتي
Grammar (i'rab)
أُوتُVerb — perfect، passive، 3rd masc. plur.
وا۟Noun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
نَصِيبًا
a portion
Noun
Root: نصب
Grammar (i'rab)
نَصِيبًاNoun — masculine، indefinite، accusative
مِّنَ
of
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنَPreposition — preposition
ٱلْكِتَٰبِ
the Scripture
Noun
Root: كتب
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱلْPreposition — definite، prefix
كِتَٰبِNoun — masculine، genitive
يُدْعَوْنَ
They are invited
Verb
Root: دعو
Grammar (i'rab)
يُدْعَVerb — imperfect، passive، 3rd masc. plur.
وْنَNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
إِلَىٰ
to
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
إِلَىٰPreposition — preposition
كِتَٰبِ
(the) Book
Noun
Root: كتب
Grammar (i'rab)
كِتَٰبِNoun — masculine، genitive
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
Noun
Root: أله
Grammar (i'rab)
ٱللَّهِNoun — proper noun، genitive
لِيَحْكُمَ
that (it should) arbitrate
Verb
Root: حكم
Grammar (i'rab)
لِPreposition — purpose، prefix
يَحْكُمَVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
بَيْنَهُمْ
between them
Noun
Root: بين
Grammar (i'rab)
بَيْنَNoun — location adverb، accusative
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
ثُمَّ
then
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
ثُمَّPreposition — conjunction
يَتَوَلَّىٰ
turns away
Verb
Root: ولي
Grammar (i'rab)
يَتَوَلَّىٰVerb — imperfect، 3rd masc. sing.
فَرِيقٌ
a party
Noun
Root: فرق
Grammar (i'rab)
فَرِيقٌNoun — masculine، indefinite، nominative
مِّنْهُمْ
of them
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
مِّنْPreposition — preposition
هُمْNoun — pronoun، suffix، 3rd masc. plur.
وَهُم
and they (are)
Preposition
Grammar (i'rab)
وَPreposition — circumstantial، prefix
هُمNoun — pronoun، 3rd masc. plur.
مُّعْرِضُونَ
those who are averse
Noun
Root: عرض
Grammar (i'rab)
مُّعْرِضُونَNoun — active participle، masc. plur.، nominative

Translation

EN

Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who have been given a portion of the Book? They are invited to the Book of Allah, to settle their dispute, but a party of them Turn back and decline (The arbitration).

A. Yusuf Alipublic-domain

Have you considered those who were given a share of the Scripture? When they are asked to accept judgement from God’s Scripture, some of them turn their backs and walk away, all because they declare,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleemall-rights-reserved

Hast thou not seen how those who have received a portion of the Scripture invoke the Scripture of Allah (in their disputes) that it may judge between them; then a faction of them turn away, being opposed (to it)?

M. Pickthallpublic-domain

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.

Saheeh Internationalall-rights-reserved

TR

Kendilerine Kitapdan bir pay verilenleri, görmedin mi? Onlar aralarında hüküm vermek için Allah'ın Kitabına çağırılmışlar, sonra onlardan bir takımı dönmüşlerdir. Onlar temelli yüz çevirenlerdir.

Diyanet İşleriall-rights-reserved

Görmüyor musun, o kendilerine kitaptan bir nasip verilmiş olanlar, aralarında hüküm vermek için Allah'ın kitabına davet olunuyorlar da, sonra içlerinden bir kısmı yüz çevirerek dönüp gidiyorlar.

Elmalılı Hamdi Yazırpublic-domain

Kitaptan kendilerine bir pay verilenleri (kitap ehlini) görmedin mi? Aralarında hükmetmesi için Allah’ın Kitabına çağrılıyorlar da sonra içlerinden bir grup dönüp yüz çeviriyor.

Mehmet Okuyanall-rights-reserved

AR

أرأيت -أيها الرسول- أعجب من حال هؤلاء اليهود الذين أتاهم الله حظا من الكتاب فعلموا أن ما جئت به هو الحق، يُدْعون إلى ما جاء في كتاب الله -وهو القرآن- ليفصل بينهم فيما اختلفوا فيه، فإن لم يوافق أهواءهم يَأْبَ كثير منهم حكم الله؛ لأن من عادتهم الإعراض عن الحق؟

Tafsir al-Muyassarfree-distribution

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