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Al-Baqarah 113

Ayah 113 of 286 · Medinan

وَقَالَتِ ٱلۡيَهُودُ لَيۡسَتِ ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ وَقَالَتِ ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ لَيۡسَتِ ٱلۡيَهُودُ عَلَىٰ شَيۡءٖ وَهُمۡ يَتۡلُونَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَۗ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ مِثۡلَ قَوۡلِهِمۡۚ فَٱللَّهُ يَحۡكُمُ بَيۡنَهُمۡ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُواْ فِيهِ يَخۡتَلِفُونَ ١١٣

The Jews say, "The Christians have nothing [true] to stand on," and the Christians say, "The Jews have nothing to stand on," although they [both] recite the Scripture. Thus do those who know not [i.e., the polytheists] speak the same as their words. But Allāh will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقَالَتِAnd saidwaqālati
  2. ٱلۡيَهُودُthe Jewsl-yahūdu
  3. لَيۡسَتِNotlaysati
  4. ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰthe Christiansl-naṣārā
  5. عَلَىٰ(are) onʿalā
  6. شَيۡءٖanythingshayin
  7. وَقَالَتِand saidwaqālati
  8. ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰthe Christiansl-naṣārā
  9. لَيۡسَتِNotlaysati
  10. ٱلۡيَهُودُthe Jewsl-yahūdu
  11. عَلَىٰ(are) onʿalā
  12. شَيۡءٖanythingshayin
  13. وَهُمۡalthough theywahum
  14. يَتۡلُونَreciteyatlūna
  15. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَۗthe Bookl-kitāba
  16. كَذَٰلِكَLike thatkadhālika
  17. قَالَsaidqāla
  18. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  19. لَا(do) notlā
  20. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna
  21. مِثۡلَsimilarmith'la
  22. قَوۡلِهِمۡۚtheir sayingqawlihim
  23. فَٱللَّهُ[So] Allahfal-lahu
  24. يَحۡكُمُwill judgeyaḥkumu
  25. بَيۡنَهُمۡbetween thembaynahum
  26. يَوۡمَ(on the) Dayyawma
  27. ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ(of) Resurrectionl-qiyāmati
  28. فِيمَاin whatfīmā
  29. كَانُواْthey werekānū
  30. فِيهِ[in it]fīhi
  31. يَخۡتَلِفُونَdifferingyakhtalifūna

Tafsir

The Jews said that the Christians were not on the correct path and the Christians said the same about the Jews, although they both claimed to read the scriptures that Allah revealed to them, which contain the command to have faith in all the prophets without any distinction between them. In what they said, they are like those who know nothing, who worship others alongside Allah, rejecting all the prophets and the scriptures that were revealed to them. Allah will judge between those who disagree on the Day of Return. In His perfect and fair judgements, Allah tells His servants that there is no success without belief in all that He has revealed.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran