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Ali 'Imran 65

Ayah 65 of 200 · Medinan

يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِيٓ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَتِ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦٓۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ٦٥

O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. يَٰٓأَهۡلَO Peopleyāahla
  2. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābi
  3. لِمَWhylima
  4. تُحَآجُّونَ(do) you arguetuḥājjūna
  5. فِيٓconcerningfī
  6. إِبۡرَٰهِيمَIbrahimib'rāhīma
  7. وَمَآwhile notwamā
  8. أُنزِلَتِwas revealedunzilati
  9. ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُthe Tauratl-tawrātu
  10. وَٱلۡإِنجِيلُand the Injeelwal-injīlu
  11. إِلَّاexceptillā
  12. مِنۢfrommin
  13. بَعۡدِهِۦٓۚafter himbaʿdihi
  14. أَفَلَاThen why don'tafalā
  15. تَعۡقِلُونَyou use your intellecttaʿqilūna

Tafsir

O People of the Scripture, why do you dispute about the belief of Abraham? The Jews claimed that he was a Jew and the Christians claimed he was a Christian. You know very well that Judaism and Christianity appeared a long time after him. Can you not see the falseness of your statement and the error of your claim?

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran