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Quran 5:43

Surah Al-Maaida, Verse 43

Juz 6 · Page 115 · Ruku 91 · Medinan

وَكَيْفَ يُحَكِّمُونَكَ وَعِندَهُمُ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ فِيهَا حُكْمُ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Word by word

وَكَيْفَ wakayfa But how can يُحَكِّمُونَكَ yuḥakkimūnaka they appoint you a judge وَعِندَهُمُ waʿindahumu while they (have) with them ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ l-tawrātu the Taurat فِيهَا fīhā in it حُكْمُ ḥuk'mu (is the) Command ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah ثُمَّ thumma Then يَتَوَلَّوْنَ yatawallawna they turn away مِنۢ min from بَعْدِ baʿdi after ذَٰلِكَ ۚ dhālika that وَمَآ wamā and not أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ulāika those بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ bil-mu'minīna (are) the believers

Transliteration

Wakayfa yuhakkimoonaka waAAindahumu attawratufeeha hukmu Allahi thumma yatawallawna minbaAAdi thalika wama ola-ika bilmu/mineen

Translations

Pickthall — Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

How come they unto thee for judgment when they have the Torah, wherein Allah hath delivered judgment (for them)? Yet even after that they turn away. Such (folk) are not believers.

Yusuf Ali — Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But why do they come to thee for decision, when they have (their own) law before them?- therein is the (plain) command of Allah; yet even after that, they would turn away. For they are not (really) People of Faith.

تفسير ابن كثير — Ismail ibn Kathir

ثم قال تعالى منكرا عليهم في آرائهم الفاسدة ومقاصدهم الذائغة في تركهم ما يعتقدون صحته من الكتاب الذي بأيديهم الذي يزعمون أنهم مأمورون بالتمسك به أبدا ثم خرجوا عن حكمه وعدلوا إلى غيره مما يعتقدون في نفس الأمر بطلانه وعدم لزومه لهم فقال" وكيف يحكمونك وعندهم التوراة فيها حكم الله ثم يتولون من بعد ذلك وما أولئك بالمؤمنين ".

Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani 1.1 — Tanzil — non-commercial redistribution with attribution.
Translation: Pickthall by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall — Public domain.
Translation: Yusuf Ali by Abdullah Yusuf Ali — Public domain.
Commentary: تفسير ابن كثير — Public domain.
Word-by-word data via Quran Foundation. Linguistic annotation: the Quranic Arabic Corpus.