Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 164 (3:164)

آلِ عِمْرَان

لَقَدْ مَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذْ بَعَثَ فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ يَتْلُوا۟ …

Quran 3:164 is ayah 164 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 71 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:164
لَقَدْمَنَّٱللَّهُعَلَىٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَإِذْبَعَثَفِيهِمْرَسُولًامِّنْأَنفُسِهِمْيَتْلُوا۟عَلَيْهِمْءَايَٰتِهِۦوَيُزَكِّيهِمْوَيُعَلِّمُهُمُٱلْكِتَٰبَوَٱلْحِكْمَةَوَإِنكَانُوا۟مِنقَبْلُلَفِىضَلَٰلٍمُّبِينٍ١٦٤
laqad manna l-lahu ʿalā l-mu'minīna idh baʿatha fīhim rasūlan min anfusihim yatlū ʿalayhim āyātihi wayuzakkīhim wayuʿallimuhumu l-kitāba wal-ḥik'mata wa-in kānū min qablu lafī ḍalālin mubīnin

Certainly did Allāh confer [great] favor upon the believers when He sent among them a Messenger from themselves, reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book [i.e., the Qur’ān] and wisdom, although they had been before in manifest error.(164)

Word by word

  1. لَقَدْlaqadCertainly
  2. مَنَّmannabestowed a Favor
  3. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  4. عَلَىʿalāupon
  5. ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَl-mu'minīnathe believers
  6. إِذْidhas
  7. بَعَثَbaʿathaHe raised
  8. فِيهِمْfīhimamong them
  9. رَسُولًاrasūlana Messenger
  10. مِّنْminfrom
  11. أَنفُسِهِمْanfusihimthemselves
  12. يَتْلُوا۟yatlūreciting
  13. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimto them
  14. ءَايَٰتِهِۦāyātihiHis Verses
  15. وَيُزَكِّيهِمْwayuzakkīhimand purifying them
  16. وَيُعَلِّمُهُمُwayuʿallimuhumuand teaching them
  17. ٱلْكِتَٰبَl-kitābathe Book
  18. وَٱلْحِكْمَةَwal-ḥik'mataand the wisdom
  19. وَإِنwa-inalthough
  20. كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
  21. مِنminfrom
  22. قَبْلُqablubefore (that)
  23. لَفِىlafīcertainly in
  24. ضَلَٰلٍḍalālin(the) error
  25. مُّبِينٍmubīninclear

Tafsir (commentary) of 3:164

Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.

English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This commentary explains ayahs 3:159–164 together.

Read the English tafsir of 3:159–164 →

Read the full Surah Ali 'Imran