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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 47of 120

وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ ٱلْإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ﴿٤٧

Translation (Sahih International)

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

Word-by-word meaning

وَلْيَحْكُمْwalyaḥkumAnd let judge
أَهْلُahlu(the) People
ٱلْإِنجِيلِl-injīli(of) the Injeel
بِمَآbimāby what
أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
فِيهِ ۚfīhiin it
وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
لَّمْlam(does) not
يَحْكُمyaḥkumjudge
بِمَآbimāby what
أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
هُمُhumu[they] (are)
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah Mentions `Isa and Praises the InjilAllah said,وَقَفَّيْنَا(and We sent...) meaning, We sentعَلَى ءَاثَـرِهِمْ(in their footsteps) meaning the Prophets of the Children of Israel,بِعَيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ مُصَدِّقاً لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ التَوْرَاةِ(`Isa, son of Maryam, confirming the Tawrah that had come before him,) meaning, he believed in it and ruled by it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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