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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا وَأَنتُمْ شُهَدَآءُ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ﴿٩٩

Translation (Sahih International)

Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allah those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allah is not unaware of what you do."

Word-by-word meaning

قُلْqulSay
يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لِمَlimaWhy
تَصُدُّونَtaṣuddūna(do) you hinder
عَنʿanfrom
سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
مَنْman(those) who
ءَامَنَāmanabelieve[d]
تَبْغُونَهَاtabghūnahāseeking (to make) it
عِوَجًۭاʿiwajan(seem) crooked
وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
شُهَدَآءُ ۗshuhadāu(are) witnesses
وَمَاwamāAnd not
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
بِغَـٰفِلٍbighāfilin(is) unaware
عَمَّاʿammāof what
تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Chastising the People of the Book for Their Disbelief and Blocking the Path of AllahIn this Ayah Allah criticizes the disbelieving People of the Book for refusing the truth, rejecting Allah's Ayat and hindering those who seek to believe from His path, although they know that what the Messenger was sent with is the truth from Allah. They learned this from the previous Prophets and honorable Messengers, may Allah's peace and blessings be on them all.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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