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Al-An'am 114

Ayah 114 of 165 · Meccan

أَفَغَيۡرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبۡتَغِي حَكَمٗا وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِيٓ أَنزَلَ إِلَيۡكُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ مُفَصَّلٗاۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَعۡلَمُونَ أَنَّهُۥ مُنَزَّلٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلۡحَقِّۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَ ١١٤

[Say], "Then is it other than Allāh I should seek as judge while it is He who has revealed to you the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] explained in detail?" And those to whom We [previously] gave the Scripture know that it is sent down from your Lord in truth, so never be among the doubters.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. أَفَغَيۡرَThen is (it) other thanafaghayra
  2. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  3. أَبۡتَغِيI seekabtaghī
  4. حَكَمٗا(as) judgeḥakaman
  5. وَهُوَwhile Hewahuwa
  6. ٱلَّذِيٓ(is) the One Whoalladhī
  7. أَنزَلَhas revealedanzala
  8. إِلَيۡكُمُto youilaykumu
  9. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  10. مُفَصَّلٗاۚexplained in detailmufaṣṣalan
  11. وَٱلَّذِينَAnd those (to) whomwa-alladhīna
  12. ءَاتَيۡنَٰهُمُWe gave themātaynāhumu
  13. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  14. يَعۡلَمُونَthey knowyaʿlamūna
  15. أَنَّهُۥthat itannahu
  16. مُنَزَّلٞ(is) sent downmunazzalun
  17. مِّنfrommin
  18. رَّبِّكَyour Lordrabbika
  19. بِٱلۡحَقِّۖin truthbil-ḥaqi
  20. فَلَاso (do) notfalā
  21. تَكُونَنَّbetakūnanna
  22. مِنَamongmina
  23. ٱلۡمُمۡتَرِينَthe ones who doubtl-mum'tarīna

Tafsir

Say, O Messenger, to these idolaters who worship others together with Allah: Does it make sense for me to accept anyone other than Allah as a judge between us whilst Allah is the One Who has revealed the Qur’ān which sufficiently explains everything. The Jews, to whom I gave the Torah, and the Christians, to whom I gave the Gospel, know that the Qur’ān has been revealed to you, because the proof of that is found in their scriptures. So do not be of those who doubt about what I revealed to you.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran