Quran 3:23

Surah Aal-i-Imraan, Verse 23

Juz 3 · Page 53 · Ruku 44 · Medinan

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

Word by word

أَلَمْ alam Have not تَرَ tara you seen إِلَى ilā [to] ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who أُوتُوا۟ ūtū were given نَصِيبًۭا naṣīban a portion مِّنَ mina of ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ l-kitābi the Scripture يُدْعَوْنَ yud'ʿawna They are invited إِلَىٰ ilā to كِتَـٰبِ kitābi (the) Book ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah لِيَحْكُمَ liyaḥkuma that (it should) arbitrate بَيْنَهُمْ baynahum between them ثُمَّ thumma then يَتَوَلَّىٰ yatawallā turns away فَرِيقٌۭ farīqun a party مِّنْهُمْ min'hum of them وَهُم wahum and they (are) مُّعْرِضُونَ muʿ'riḍūna those who are averse

Transliteration

Alam tara ila allatheena ootoonaseeban mina alkitabi yudAAawna ila kitabiAllahi liyahkuma baynahum thumma yatawallafareequn minhum wahum muAAridoon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

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)?

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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).

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يقول تعالى منكرا على اليهود والنصارى ، المتمسكين فيما يزعمون بكتابيهم اللذين بأيديهم ، وهما التوراة والإنجيل ، وإذا دعوا إلى التحاكم إلى ما فيهما من طاعة الله فيما أمرهم به فيهما ، من اتباع محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم ، تولوا وهم معرضون عنهما ، وهذا في غاية ما يكون من ذمهم ، والتنويه بذكرهم بالمخالفة والعناد .