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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 21of 200

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّۦنَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّۢ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

Those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and kill the prophets without right and kill those who order justice from among the people - give them tidings of a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūnadisbelieve
بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Signs (of)
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand they kill
ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīnathe Prophets
بِغَيْرِbighayriwithout
حَقٍّۢḥaqqinright
وَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūnaand they kill
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَأْمُرُونَyamurūnaorder
بِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭi[with] justice
مِنَminaamong
ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsithe people
فَبَشِّرْهُمfabashir'humthen give them tidings
بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābinof a punishment
أَلِيمٍalīminpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Chastising the Jews for Their Disbelief and for Killing the Prophets and Righteous PeopleThis Ayah chastises the People of the Book for the transgression and prohibitions they committed by their denials in the past and more recent times, of Allah's Ayat and the Messengers. They did this due to their defiance and rejection of the Messengers, denial of the truth and refusal to follow it.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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