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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 47 (5:47)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ ٱلْإِنجِيلِ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ …

Quran 5:47 is ayah 47 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 116 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:47
وَلْيَحْكُمْأَهْلُٱلْإِنجِيلِبِمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُفِيهِ ۚوَمَنلَّمْيَحْكُمبِمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُفَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَهُمُٱلْفَٰسِقُونَ٤٧
walyaḥkum ahlu l-injīli bimā anzala l-lahu fīhi waman lam yaḥkum bimā anzala l-lahu fa-ulāika humu l-fāsiqūna

And let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allāh has revealed therein. And whoever does not judge by what Allāh has revealed - then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient.(47)

Word by word

  1. وَلْيَحْكُمْwalyaḥkumAnd let judge
  2. أَهْلُahlu(the) People
  3. ٱلْإِنجِيلِl-injīli(of) the Injeel
  4. بِمَآbimāby what
  5. أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
  6. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  7. فِيهِ ۚfīhiin it
  8. وَمَنwamanAnd whoever
  9. لَّمْlam(does) not
  10. يَحْكُمyaḥkumjudge
  11. بِمَآbimāby what
  12. أَنزَلَanzalahas revealed
  13. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  14. فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَfa-ulāikathen those
  15. هُمُhumu[they] (are)
  16. ٱلْفَٰسِقُونَl-fāsiqūnathe defiantly disobedient

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