Ali 'Imran, verse 23

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1. Have not alam
2. you seen tara
3. [to] ilā
4. those who alladhīna
5. were given ūtū
6. a portion naṣīban
7. of mina
8. the Scripture l-kitābi
9. They are invited yud'ʿawna
10. to ilā
11. (the) Book kitābi
12. (of) Allah l-lahi
13. that (it should) arbitrate liyaḥkuma
14. between them baynahum
15. then thumma
16. turns away yatawallā
17. a party farīqun
18. of them min'hum
19. and they (are) wahum
20. those who are averse muʿ'riḍūna

Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Chastising the People of the Book for Not Referring to the Book of Allah for Judgment Allah criticizes the Jews and Christians who claim to follow their Books, the Tawrah and the Injil, because when they are called to refer to these Books where Allah commanded them to follow Muhammad , they turn away with aversion. This censure and criticism from Allah was all because of their defiance and rejection. Allah said next, ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُواْ لَن تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ إِلاَ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَتٍ (This is because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a number of days.") meaning, what…

• Verse 21 إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ Give news of agonizing torment to those who ignore God’s revelations, who unjustifiably kill prophets, who kill those who command that justice is done:
• Verse 22 أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَـٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّـٰصِرِينَ the deeds of such people will come to nothing in this world and in the next and no one will help them.
• Verse 23
• Verse 24 ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ ۖ وَغَرَّهُمْ فِى دِينِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ ‘The Fire will only touch us for a limited number of days.’ The lies they have invented have led them astray in their own religion.
• Verse 25 فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جَمَعْنَـٰهُمْ لِيَوْمٍ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَوُفِّيَتْ كُلُّ نَفْسٍ مَّا كَسَبَتْ وَهُمْ لَا يُظْلَمُونَ How will they fare when We gather them together for a Day of which there is no doubt, when every soul will be paid in full for what it has done, and they will not be wronged?

• راي rā alif yā
• اتي alif tā yā
• نصب nūn ṣād bā
• كتب kāf tā bā
• دعو dāl ʿayn wāw
• اله alif lām hā
• حكم ḥā kāf mīm
• بين bā yā nūn
• ولي wāw lām yā
• فرق fā rā qāf
• عرض ʿayn rā ḍād

• Judge الحاكم

• An-Nisa 4:44 · Same opening أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يَشْتَرُونَ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن تَضِلُّوا۟ ٱلسَّبِيلَ
• An-Nisa 4:51 · Same opening أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ سَبِيلًا

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