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Ali 'Imran 75

Ayah 75 of 200 · Medinan

۞ وَمِنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ مَنۡ إِن تَأۡمَنۡهُ بِقِنطَارٖ يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيۡكَ وَمِنۡهُم مَّنۡ إِن تَأۡمَنۡهُ بِدِينَارٖ لَّا يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيۡكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمۡتَ عَلَيۡهِ قَآئِمٗاۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمۡ قَالُواْ لَيۡسَ عَلَيۡنَا فِي ٱلۡأُمِّيِّـۧنَ سَبِيلٞ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٥

And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount [of wealth], he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a [single] coin, he will not return it to you unless you are constantly standing over him [demanding it]. That is because they say, "There is no blame upon us concerning the unlearned."1 And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know [it].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 The Jews do not consider it a sin to cheat or lie to a gentile or a pagan.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ وَمِنۡAnd fromwamin
  2. أَهۡلِ(the) Peopleahli
  3. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ(of) the Bookl-kitābi
  4. مَنۡ(is he) whoman
  5. إِنifin
  6. تَأۡمَنۡهُyou entrust himtamanhu
  7. بِقِنطَارٖwith a great amount of wealthbiqinṭārin
  8. يُؤَدِّهِۦٓhe will return ityu-addihi
  9. إِلَيۡكَto youilayka
  10. وَمِنۡهُمAnd from themwamin'hum
  11. مَّنۡ(is he) whoman
  12. إِنifin
  13. تَأۡمَنۡهُyou entrust himtamanhu
  14. بِدِينَارٖwith a single coinbidīnārin
  15. لَّاnotlā
  16. يُؤَدِّهِۦٓhe will return ityu-addihi
  17. إِلَيۡكَto youilayka
  18. إِلَّاexceptillā
  19. مَاthatmā
  20. دُمۡتَyou keep constantlydum'ta
  21. عَلَيۡهِover himʿalayhi
  22. قَآئِمٗاۗstandingqāiman
  23. ذَٰلِكَThatdhālika
  24. بِأَنَّهُمۡ(is) because theybi-annahum
  25. قَالُواْsaidqālū
  26. لَيۡسَNotlaysa
  27. عَلَيۡنَاon usʿalaynā
  28. فِيconcerningfī
  29. ٱلۡأُمِّيِّـۧنَthe unlettered peoplel-umiyīna
  30. سَبِيلٞany [way] (accountability)sabīlun
  31. وَيَقُولُونَAnd they saywayaqūlūna
  32. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  33. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  34. ٱلۡكَذِبَthe liel-kadhiba
  35. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  36. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

There are some People of the Scripture who, if you hand over a large amount of wealth, will honour the trust. On the other hand, there are some of them who, if you trust them with a small amount, will not return the trust unless you persistently demand it from them. That is because they wrongly claim that there is no sin on them for any crime they commit against the Arabs or if they consume the wealth of the Arabs, since Allah has permitted that for them. They say such lies knowing that it is a false attribution to Allah.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran