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An-Nisa 44

Ayah 44 of 176 · Medinan

أَلَمۡ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ نَصِيبٗا مِّنَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ يَشۡتَرُونَ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن تَضِلُّواْ ٱلسَّبِيلَ ٤٤

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, purchasing error [in exchange for it] and wishing you would lose the way?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَلَمۡDid notalam
  2. تَرَyou seetara
  3. إِلَى[towards]ilā
  4. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  5. أُوتُواْwere givenūtū
  6. نَصِيبٗاa portionnaṣīban
  7. مِّنَofmina
  8. ٱلۡكِتَٰبِthe Bookl-kitābi
  9. يَشۡتَرُونَpurchasingyashtarūna
  10. ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ[the] errorl-ḍalālata
  11. وَيُرِيدُونَand wishingwayurīdūna
  12. أَنthatan
  13. تَضِلُّواْyou straytaḍillū
  14. ٱلسَّبِيلَ(from) the wayl-sabīla

Tafsir

O Messenger, do you not know about the Jews who were given a portion of knowledge in the Torah and traded guidance for error? They wish you would go astray from following the right way of life – which the Messenger came with – and that you would follow them in their deviation.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran