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Al-A'raf (The Heights)

Verse 159of 206

وَمِن قَوْمِ مُوسَىٰٓ أُمَّةٌۭ يَهْدُونَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَبِهِۦ يَعْدِلُونَ﴿١٥٩

Translation (Sahih International)

And among the people of Moses is a community which guides by truth and by it establishes justice.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمِنwaminAnd among
قَوْمِqawmi(the) people
مُوسَىٰٓmūsā(of) Musa
أُمَّةٌۭummatun(is) a community
يَهْدُونَyahdūna(which) guides
بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiwith truth
وَبِهِۦwabihiand by it
يَعْدِلُونَyaʿdilūnaestablishes justice

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ أُمَّةٌ قَآئِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ ءَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ءَانَآءَ الَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ(A party of the people of the Scripture stand for the right, they recite the verses of Allah during the hours of the night, prostrating themselves in prayer) 3:113, وَإِنَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَـبِ لَمَن يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ خَـشِعِينَ للَّهِ لاَ يَشْتَرُونَ بِـَايَـتِ اللَّهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً أُوْلـئِكَ لَهُمْ أَجْرُهُمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ إِنَّ الل...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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