Quran 3:69

Surah Aal-i-Imraan, Verse 69

Juz 3 · Page 58 · Ruku 48 · Medinan

وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Word by word

وَدَّت waddat Wished طَّآئِفَةٌۭ ṭāifatun a group مِّنْ min from أَهْلِ ahli (the) People ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ l-kitābi (of) the Book لَوْ law if يُضِلُّونَكُمْ yuḍillūnakum they could lead you astray وَمَا wamā and not يُضِلُّونَ yuḍillūna they lead astray إِلَّآ illā except أَنفُسَهُمْ anfusahum themselves وَمَا wamā and not يَشْعُرُونَ yashʿurūna they perceive

Transliteration

Waddat ta-ifatun min ahli alkitabilaw yudilloonakum wama yudilloona illaanfusahum wama yashAAuroon

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

A party of the People of the Scripture long to make you go astray; and they make none to go astray except themselves, but they perceive not.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

It is the wish of a section of the People of the Book to lead you astray. But they shall lead astray (Not you), but themselves, and they do not perceive!

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

يخبر تعالى عن حسد اليهود للمؤمنين وبغيهم إياهم الإضلال وأخبر أن وبال ذلك إنما يعود على أنفسهم وهم لا يشعرون أنهم ممكور بهم.