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An-Nisa (The Women)

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وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ تَعَالَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ وَإِلَى ٱلرَّسُولِ رَأَيْتَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَنكَ صُدُودًۭا﴿٦١

Translation (Sahih International)

And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
قِيلَqīlait is said
لَهُمْlahumto them
تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
إِلَىٰilāto
مَآwhat
أَنزَلَanzala(has) revealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
وَإِلَىwa-ilāand to
ٱلرَّسُولِl-rasūlithe Messenger
رَأَيْتَra-aytayou see
ٱلْمُنَـٰفِقِينَl-munāfiqīnathe hypocrites
يَصُدُّونَyaṣuddūnaturning away
عَنكَʿankafrom you
صُدُودًۭاṣudūdan(in) aversion

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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