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An-Nisa (The Women)

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أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوٓا۟ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًۭا﴿٦٠

Translation (Sahih International)

Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to Taghut, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray.

Word-by-word meaning

أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
إِلَىilā[towards]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
يَزْعُمُونَyazʿumūnaclaim
أَنَّهُمْannahumthat they
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve
بِمَآbimāin what
أُنزِلَunzila(is) revealed
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
وَمَآwamāand what
أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِكَqablikabefore you
يُرِيدُونَyurīdūnaThey wish
أَنanto
يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟yataḥākamūgo for judgment
إِلَىilāto
ٱلطَّـٰغُوتِl-ṭāghūtithe false deities
وَقَدْwaqadand surely
أُمِرُوٓا۟umirūthey were ordered
أَنanto
يَكْفُرُوا۟yakfurūreject
بِهِۦbihi[with] it
وَيُرِيدُwayurīduAnd wishes
ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُl-shayṭānuthe Shaitaan
أَنanto
يُضِلَّهُمْyuḍillahummislead them
ضَلَـٰلًۢاḍalālanastray
بَعِيدًۭاbaʿīdanfar away

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Referring to Other than the Qur'an and Sunnah for Judgment is Characteristic of Non-MuslimsAllah chastises those who claim to believe in what Allah has sent down to His Messenger and to the earlier Prophets, yet they refer to other than the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger for judgment in various disputes. It was reported that the reason behind revealing this Ayah was that a man from the Ansar and a Jew had a dispute, and the Jew said, "Let us refer to Muhammad to judge between us.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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