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Ali 'Imran 78

Ayah 78 of 200 · Medinan

وَإِنَّ مِنۡهُمۡ لَفَرِيقٗا يَلۡوُۥنَ أَلۡسِنَتَهُم بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِتَحۡسَبُوهُ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِۖ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٨

And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not from the Scripture. And they say, "This is from Allāh," but it is not from Allāh. And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِنَّAnd indeedwa-inna
  2. مِنۡهُمۡamong themmin'hum
  3. لَفَرِيقٗاsurely (is) a group lafarīqan
  4. يَلۡوُۥنَthey distortyalwūna
  5. أَلۡسِنَتَهُمtheir tonguesalsinatahum
  6. بِٱلۡكِتَٰبِin (reciting) the Bookbil-kitābi
  7. لِتَحۡسَبُوهُso that you may think itlitaḥsabūhu
  8. مِنَ(is) frommina
  9. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِthe Bookl-kitābi
  10. وَمَاand notwamā
  11. هُوَithuwa
  12. مِنَ(is) frommina
  13. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِthe Bookl-kitābi
  14. وَيَقُولُونَAnd they saywayaqūlūna
  15. هُوَIthuwa
  16. مِنۡ(is)min
  17. عِندِfromʿindi
  18. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  19. وَمَاBut notwamā
  20. هُوَithuwa
  21. مِنۡ(is)min
  22. عِندِfromʿindi
  23. ٱللَّهِۖAllahl-lahi
  24. وَيَقُولُونَAnd they saywayaqūlūna
  25. عَلَىaboutʿalā
  26. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  27. ٱلۡكَذِبَthe liel-kadhiba
  28. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  29. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

There is a group of Jews who twist their tongues when reciting the Torah that was revealed by Allah, so that you think that they are reciting from the Torah, whereas it is not from the Torah. Instead, it is their lies and fabrications against Allah. They say: What we recite has been revealed by Allah – whereas it was not revealed by Allah. They tell lies about Allah when they know they are lying against Allah and His messengers.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran