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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 110of 200

كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ ۗ وَلَوْ ءَامَنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًۭا لَّهُم ۚ مِّنْهُمُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ﴿١١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allah. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.

Word-by-word meaning

كُنتُمْkuntumYou are
خَيْرَkhayra(the) best
أُمَّةٍummatin(of) people
أُخْرِجَتْukh'rijatraised
لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
تَأْمُرُونَtamurūnaenjoining
بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِbil-maʿrūfithe right
وَتَنْهَوْنَwatanhawnaand forbidding
عَنِʿani[from]
ٱلْمُنكَرِl-munkarithe wrong
وَتُؤْمِنُونَwatu'minūnaand believing
بِٱللَّهِ ۗbil-lahiin Allah
وَلَوْwalawAnd if
ءَامَنَāmanabelieved
أَهْلُahlu(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لَكَانَlakānasurely would have been
خَيْرًۭاkhayrangood
لَّهُم ۚlahumfor them
مِّنْهُمُmin'humuAmong them
ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَl-mu'minūna(are) [the] believers
وَأَكْثَرُهُمُwa-aktharuhumubut most of them
ٱلْفَـٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūna(are) defiantly disobedient

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Virtues of the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ , the Best Nation EverAllah states that the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ is the best nation ever,كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ(You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind) 3:110.Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah commented on this Ayah, "(You, Muslims, are) the best nation of people for the people, you bring them tied in chains on their necks (capture them in war) and they later embrace Islam.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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