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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 47of 176

يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقًۭا لِّمَا مَعَكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن نَّطْمِسَ وُجُوهًۭا فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَىٰٓ أَدْبَارِهَآ أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلسَّبْتِ ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا﴿٤٧

Translation (Sahih International)

O you who were given the Scripture, believe in what We have sent down [to Muhammad], confirming that which is with you, before We obliterate faces and turn them toward their backs or curse them as We cursed the sabbath-breakers. And ever is the decree of Allah accomplished.

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhāO you
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnawho
أُوتُوا۟ūtū(have) been given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
ءَامِنُوا۟āminūbelieve
بِمَاbimāin what
نَزَّلْنَاnazzalnāWe (have) revealed
مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
لِّمَاlimāwhat is
مَعَكُمmaʿakumwith you
مِّنminfrom
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
نَّطْمِسَnaṭmisaWe efface
وُجُوهًۭاwujūhanfaces
فَنَرُدَّهَاfanaruddahāand turn them
عَلَىٰٓʿalāon
أَدْبَارِهَآadbārihātheir backs
أَوْawor
نَلْعَنَهُمْnalʿanahumWe curse them
كَمَاkamāas
لَعَنَّآlaʿannāWe cursed
أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥābacompanions
ٱلسَّبْتِ ۚl-sabti(of) the Sabbath
وَكَانَwakānaAnd is
أَمْرُamru(the) command
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
مَفْعُولًاmafʿūlan(always) executed

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Calling the People of the Book to Embrace the Faith, Warning them Against Doing OtherwiseAllah commands the People of the Scriptures to believe in what He has sent down to His servant and Messenger, Muhammad ﷺ , the Glorious Book that conforms to the good news that they already have about Muhammad ﷺ.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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