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Al-Isra 107

Ayah 107 of 111 · Meccan

قُلۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِهِۦٓ أَوۡ لَا تُؤۡمِنُوٓاْۚ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مِن قَبۡلِهِۦٓ إِذَا يُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِمۡ يَخِرُّونَۤ لِلۡأَذۡقَانِۤ سُجَّدٗاۤ ١٠٧

Say, "Believe in it or do not believe." Indeed, those who were given knowledge before it1 - when it is recited to them, they fall upon their faces in prostration,

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., the righteous among the People of the Scriptures who recognize the truth contained in the Qur’ān.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قُلۡSayqul
  2. ءَامِنُواْBelieveāminū
  3. بِهِۦٓin itbihi
  4. أَوۡoraw
  5. لَا(do) notlā
  6. تُؤۡمِنُوٓاْۚbelievetu'minū
  7. إِنَّIndeedinna
  8. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  9. أُوتُواْwere givenūtū
  10. ٱلۡعِلۡمَthe knowledgel-ʿil'ma
  11. مِنbefore itmin
  12. قَبۡلِهِۦٓbefore itqablihi
  13. إِذَاwhenidhā
  14. يُتۡلَىٰit is recitedyut'lā
  15. عَلَيۡهِمۡto themʿalayhim
  16. يَخِرُّونَۤthey fallyakhirrūna
  17. لِلۡأَذۡقَانِۤon their faceslil'adhqāni
  18. سُجَّدٗاۤ(in) prostrationsujjadan

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger: Believe in it, for your belief will not increase it in any way, or do not believe in it, for your disbelief will not decrease it in any way. Surely, those who read the previous divine books and who understood the revelation and prophecy when the Qur’ān is recited to them fall on their faces, prostrating to Allah out of gratitude.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran