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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 73of 200

وَلَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِمَن تَبِعَ دِينَكُمْ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْهُدَىٰ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ أَن يُؤْتَىٰٓ أَحَدٌۭ مِّثْلَ مَآ أُوتِيتُمْ أَوْ يُحَآجُّوكُمْ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌۭ﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

And do not trust except those who follow your religion." Say, "Indeed, the [true] guidance is the guidance of Allah. [Do you fear] lest someone be given [knowledge] like you were given or that they would [thereby] argue with you before your Lord?" Say, "Indeed, [all] bounty is in the hand of Allah - He grants it to whom He wills. And Allah is all-Encompassing and Wise."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟tu'minūbelieve
إِلَّاillāexcept
لِمَنliman(the one) who
تَبِعَtabiʿafollows
دِينَكُمْdīnakumyour religion
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْهُدَىٰl-hudāthe (true) guidance
هُدَىhudā(is the) Guidance
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
أَنanlest
يُؤْتَىٰٓyu'tāis given
أَحَدٌۭaḥadun(to) one
مِّثْلَmith'la(the) like
مَآ(of) what
أُوتِيتُمْūtītumwas given to you
أَوْawor
يُحَآجُّوكُمْyuḥājjūkumthey may argue with you
عِندَʿindanear
رَبِّكُمْ ۗrabbikumyour Lord
قُلْqulSay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱلْفَضْلَl-faḍlathe Bounty
بِيَدِbiyadi(is) in the Hand
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
يُؤْتِيهِyu'tīhiHe gives it
مَنman(to) whom
يَشَآءُ ۗyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
وَٰسِعٌwāsiʿun(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٌۭʿalīmunAll-Knowing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Envy the Jews Feel Towards Muslims; Their Wicked Plots Against MuslimsAllah states that the Jews envy the faithful and wish they could misguide them. Allah states that the punishment of this behavior will fall back upon them, while they are unaware. Allah criticizes them,يأَهْلَ الْكِتَـبِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِأَيَـتِ اللَّهِ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ(O People of the Scripture!: Why do you disbelieve in the Ayat of Allah, while you bear witness.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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