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Ali 'Imran 110

Ayah 110 of 200 · Medinan

كُنتُمۡ خَيۡرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخۡرِجَتۡ لِلنَّاسِ تَأۡمُرُونَ بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ وَتَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلۡمُنكَرِ وَتُؤۡمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِۗ وَلَوۡ ءَامَنَ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَكَانَ خَيۡرٗا لَّهُمۚ مِّنۡهُمُ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ وَأَكۡثَرُهُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ١١٠

You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. كُنتُمۡYou arekuntum
  2. خَيۡرَ(the) bestkhayra
  3. أُمَّةٍ(of) peopleummatin
  4. أُخۡرِجَتۡraisedukh'rijat
  5. لِلنَّاسِfor the mankind lilnnāsi
  6. تَأۡمُرُونَenjoiningtamurūna
  7. بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِthe rightbil-maʿrūfi
  8. وَتَنۡهَوۡنَand forbiddingwatanhawna
  9. عَنِ[from]ʿani
  10. ٱلۡمُنكَرِthe wrongl-munkari
  11. وَتُؤۡمِنُونَand believingwatu'minūna
  12. بِٱللَّهِۗin Allahbil-lahi
  13. وَلَوۡAnd ifwalaw
  14. ءَامَنَbelievedāmana
  15. أَهۡلُ(the) Peopleahlu
  16. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābi
  17. لَكَانَsurely would have beenlakāna
  18. خَيۡرٗاgoodkhayran
  19. لَّهُمۚfor themlahum
  20. مِّنۡهُمُAmong themmin'humu
  21. ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ(are) [the] believersl-mu'minūna
  22. وَأَكۡثَرُهُمُbut most of themwa-aktharuhumu
  23. ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ(are) defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqūna

Tafsir

You are, O Community of Muhammad (peace be upon him), the best of all communities that Allah has produced for humanity – in your faith and actions – and the most beneficial for other people: instructing what is right according to the sacred law and what you know to be right, and forbidding what is wrong according to the sacred law and what you know to be wrong; and having certain faith in Allah, so that it shows in your actions. If the People of the Scripture, the Jews and the Christians, had faith in Muhammad it would be better for them in this world and in the Afterlife. Only few of the People of the Scripture believe in what Muhammad (peace be upon him) came with and most of them do not stay within the sacred way of life and sacred law of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran