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Al-Ma'idah 43

Ayah 43 of 120 · Medinan

وَكَيۡفَ يُحَكِّمُونَكَ وَعِندَهُمُ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُ فِيهَا حُكۡمُ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّوۡنَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَۚ وَمَآ أُوْلَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٤٣

But how is it that they come to you for judgement while they have the Torah, in which is the judgement of Allāh? Then they turn away, [even] after that; but those are not [in fact] believers.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَكَيۡفَBut how canwakayfa
  2. يُحَكِّمُونَكَthey appoint you a judgeyuḥakkimūnaka
  3. وَعِندَهُمُwhile they (have) with themwaʿindahumu
  4. ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُthe Tauratl-tawrātu
  5. فِيهَاin itfīhā
  6. حُكۡمُ(is the) Commandḥuk'mu
  7. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  8. ثُمَّThenthumma
  9. يَتَوَلَّوۡنَthey turn awayyatawallawna
  10. مِنۢfrommin
  11. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  12. ذَٰلِكَۚthatdhālika
  13. وَمَآand notwamā
  14. أُوْلَٰٓئِكَthoseulāika
  15. بِٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ(are) the believersbil-mu'minīna

Tafsir

These people are strange. They disbelieve you, but come to you for judgement hoping that you will pass judgement in accordance with their desires, whereas they have the Torah with them, which they claim to have faith in and which contains Allah’s law. They, then, ignore your judgement when it does not suit their desires. So they have denied what is in their scripture as well as ignored your judgement. The action of such people is not that of people of faith and they therefore do not have faith in you and what you brought.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran