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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 113of 200

۞ لَيْسُوا۟ سَوَآءًۭ ۗ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ أُمَّةٌۭ قَآئِمَةٌۭ يَتْلُونَ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ ءَانَآءَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ﴿١١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

They are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allah during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer].

Word-by-word meaning

۞ لَيْسُوا۟laysūThey are not
سَوَآءًۭ ۗsawāan(the) same
مِّنْminamong
أَهْلِahli(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
أُمَّةٌۭummatun(is) a community
قَآئِمَةٌۭqāimatunstanding
يَتْلُونَyatlūna(and) reciting
ءَايَـٰتِāyāti(the) Verses
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
ءَانَآءَānāa(in the) hours
ٱلَّيْلِal-layli(of) the night
وَهُمْwahumand they
يَسْجُدُونَyasjudūnaprostrate

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Virtues of the People of the Scriptures Who Embrace IslamMuhammad bin Ishaq and others, including Al-Awfi who reported it from Ibn Abbas, said;"These Ayat were revealed about the clergy of the People of the Scriptures who embraced the faith. For instance, there is Abdullah bin Salam, Asad bin Ubayd, Tha`labah bin Sa`yah, Usayd bin Sa`yah, and so forth.This Ayah means that those among the People of the Book whom Allah rebuked earlier are not at all the same as those among them who embraced Islam.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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