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Ali 'Imran 69

Ayah 69 of 200 · Medinan

وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٞ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لَوۡ يُضِلُّونَكُمۡ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ ٦٩

A faction of the People of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَدَّتWishedwaddat
  2. طَّآئِفَةٞa groupṭāifatun
  3. مِّنۡfrommin
  4. أَهۡلِ(the) Peopleahli
  5. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābi
  6. لَوۡiflaw
  7. يُضِلُّونَكُمۡthey could lead you astrayyuḍillūnakum
  8. وَمَاand notwamā
  9. يُضِلُّونَthey lead astrayyuḍillūna
  10. إِلَّآexceptillā
  11. أَنفُسَهُمۡthemselvesanfusahum
  12. وَمَاand notwamā
  13. يَشۡعُرُونَthey perceiveyashʿurūna

Tafsir

The scholars of the Jews and the Christians desire to mislead you, O believers, away from the truth that Allah has guided you to. Yet they only mislead themselves because their attempt to mislead the believers only increases their misguidance, and they do not know the consequence of their actions.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran