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Al-Ma'idah 47

Ayah 47 of 120 · Medinan

وَلۡيَحۡكُمۡ أَهۡلُ ٱلۡإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِۚ وَمَن لَّمۡ يَحۡكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ ٤٧

And let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allāh has revealed therein. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلۡيَحۡكُمۡAnd let judgewalyaḥkum
  2. أَهۡلُ(the) Peopleahlu
  3. ٱلۡإِنجِيلِ(of) the Injeell-injīli
  4. بِمَآby whatbimā
  5. أَنزَلَhas revealedanzala
  6. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  7. فِيهِۚin itfīhi
  8. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  9. لَّمۡ(does) notlam
  10. يَحۡكُمjudgeyaḥkum
  11. بِمَآby whatbimā
  12. أَنزَلَhas revealedanzala
  13. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  14. فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَthen thosefa-ulāika
  15. هُمُ[they] (are)humu
  16. ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَthe defiantly disobedientl-fāsiqūna

Tafsir

The Christians should believe in what Allah has revealed in the Gospel and they should judge in accordance with the truth it contains prior to the coming of Muhammad (peace be upon him). Whoever does not judge according to what Allah has sent down, then such people are the ones who do not follow Allah and leave the truth for falsehood.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran