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Ali 'Imran 112

Ayah 112 of 200 · Medinan

ضُرِبَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلذِّلَّةُ أَيۡنَ مَا ثُقِفُوٓاْ إِلَّا بِحَبۡلٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَحَبۡلٖ مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٖ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَضُرِبَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ ٱلۡمَسۡكَنَةُۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يَكۡفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقۡتُلُونَ ٱلۡأَنۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيۡرِ حَقّٖۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَواْ وَّكَانُواْ يَعۡتَدُونَ ١١٢

They have been put under humiliation [by Allāh] wherever they are overtaken, except for a rope [i.e., covenant] from Allāh and a rope [i.e., treaty] from the people [i.e., the Muslims].1 And they have drawn upon themselves anger from Allāh and have been put under destitution. That is because they disbelieved in [i.e., rejected] the verses of Allāh and killed the prophets without right. That is because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 Once they have surrendered, the People of the Scripture retain their rights and honor (in spite of their refusal of Islām) through payment of the jizyah tax in place of zakāh and military service due from Muslims. They are then under the protection of the Islāmic state.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ضُرِبَتۡStruckḍuribat
  2. عَلَيۡهِمُon themʿalayhimu
  3. ٱلذِّلَّةُthe humiliationl-dhilatu
  4. أَيۡنَwhereverayna
  5. مَاthatmā
  6. ثُقِفُوٓاْthey are foundthuqifū
  7. إِلَّاexceptillā
  8. بِحَبۡلٖwith a ropebiḥablin
  9. مِّنَfrommina
  10. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  11. وَحَبۡلٖand a ropewaḥablin
  12. مِّنَfrommina
  13. ٱلنَّاسِthe peoplel-nāsi
  14. وَبَآءُوAnd they incurredwabāū
  15. بِغَضَبٖwrathbighaḍabin
  16. مِّنَfrommina
  17. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  18. وَضُرِبَتۡand struckwaḍuribat
  19. عَلَيۡهِمُon themʿalayhimu
  20. ٱلۡمَسۡكَنَةُۚthe povertyl-maskanatu
  21. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  22. بِأَنَّهُمۡ(is) becausebi-annahum
  23. كَانُواْthey used tokānū
  24. يَكۡفُرُونَdisbelieveyakfurūna
  25. بِـَٔايَٰتِin (the) Versesbiāyāti
  26. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  27. وَيَقۡتُلُونَand they killedwayaqtulūna
  28. ٱلۡأَنۢبِيَآءَthe Prophetsl-anbiyāa
  29. بِغَيۡرِwithoutbighayri
  30. حَقّٖۚrightḥaqqin
  31. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  32. بِمَا(is) becausebimā
  33. عَصَواْthey disobeyedʿaṣaw
  34. وَّكَانُواْand they used towakānū
  35. يَعۡتَدُونَtransgressyaʿtadūna

Tafsir

Humiliation and shame has been made to surround them wherever they are, and they are only safe with a contract or protection from Allah or from people. They have earned the anger of Allah, and need and poverty has been made to surround them. This is due to their rejection of the signs of Allah, killing the prophets unjustly, and because they rebelled and overstepped the limits of Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran