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An-Nisa (The Women)

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أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ سَبِيلًا﴿٥١

Translation (Sahih International)

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, who believe in superstition and false objects of worship and say about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"?

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
إِلَىilā[towards]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
نَصِيبًۭاnaṣībana portion
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaThey believe
بِٱلْجِبْتِbil-jib'tiin the superstition
وَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِwal-ṭāghūtiand the false deities
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
أَهْدَىٰahdā(are) better guided
مِنَminathan
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
سَبِيلًاsabīlan(as to the) way

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Chastising and Cursing the Jews for Claiming Purity for Themselves and Believing in Jibt and TaghutAl-Hasan and Qatadah said, "This Ayah,أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ يُزَكُّونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ(Have you not seen those who claim sanctity for themselves) was revealed about the Jews and Christians when they said, `We are Allah's children and His loved ones.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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