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Al-An'am (The Cattle)

Verse 114of 165

أَفَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْتَغِى حَكَمًۭا وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مُفَصَّلًۭا ۚ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُۥ مُنَزَّلٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ﴿١١٤

Translation (Sahih International)

[Say], "Then is it other than Allah I should seek as judge while it is He who has revealed to you the Book 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.

Word-by-word meaning

أَفَغَيْرَafaghayraThen is (it) other than
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
أَبْتَغِىabtaghīI seek
حَكَمًۭاḥakaman(as) judge
وَهُوَwahuwawhile He
ٱلَّذِىٓalladhī(is) the One Who
أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
إِلَيْكُمُilaykumuto you
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
مُفَصَّلًۭا ۚmufaṣṣalanexplained in detail
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those (to) whom
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُātaynāhumuWe gave them
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know
أَنَّهُۥannahuthat it
مُنَزَّلٌۭmunazzalun(is) sent down
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lord
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۖbil-ḥaqiin truth
فَلَاfalāso (do) not
تَكُونَنَّtakūnannabe
مِنَminaamong
ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَl-mum'tarīnathe ones who doubt

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

أَفَغَيْرَ اللَّهِ أَبْتَغِى حَكَماً(Shall I seek a judge other than Allah...) between you and I, وَهُوَ الَّذِى أَنَزَلَ إِلَيْكُمُ الْكِتَـبَ مُفَصَّلاً(while it is He Who has sent down unto you the Book, explained...) in detail, وَالَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـهُمُ الْكِتَـبَ(and those unto whom We gave the Scripture) the Jews and the Christians, يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ مُنَزَّلٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ بِالْحَقِّ(know that it is revealed from your Lord in truth.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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