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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 23of 200

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ﴿٢٣

Translation (Sahih International)

Do you not consider, [O Muhammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allah that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَمْalamHave not
تَرَtarayou seen
إِلَىilā[to]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
نَصِيبًۭاnaṣībana portion
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Scripture
يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnaThey are invited
إِلَىٰilāto
كِتَـٰبِkitābi(the) Book
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
لِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumathat (it should) arbitrate
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
ثُمَّthummathen
يَتَوَلَّىٰyatawallāturns away
فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna party
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
وَهُمwahumand they (are)
مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnathose who are averse

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Chastising the People of the Book for Not Referring to the Book of Allah for JudgmentAllah criticizes the Jews and Christians who claim to follow their Books, the Tawrah and the Injil, because when they are called to refer to these Books where Allah commanded them to follow Muhammad , they turn away with aversion. This censure and criticism from Allah was all because of their defiance and rejection.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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