Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 99 (3:99)

آلِ عِمْرَان

قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا …

Quran 3:99 is ayah 99 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 4, on page 62 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:99
قُلْيَٰٓأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِلِمَتَصُدُّونَعَنسَبِيلِٱللَّهِمَنْءَامَنَتَبْغُونَهَاعِوَجًاوَأَنتُمْشُهَدَآءُ ۗوَمَاٱللَّهُبِغَٰفِلٍعَمَّاتَعْمَلُونَ٩٩
qul yāahla l-kitābi lima taṣuddūna ʿan sabīli l-lahi man āmana tabghūnahā ʿiwajan wa-antum shuhadāu wamā l-lahu bighāfilin ʿammā taʿmalūna

Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allāh those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allāh is not unaware of what you do."(99)

Word by word

  1. قُلْqulSay
  2. يَٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
  3. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
  4. لِمَlimaWhy
  5. تَصُدُّونَtaṣuddūna(do) you hinder
  6. عَنʿanfrom
  7. سَبِيلِsabīli(the) way
  8. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  9. مَنْman(those) who
  10. ءَامَنَāmanabelieve[d]
  11. تَبْغُونَهَاtabghūnahāseeking (to make) it
  12. عِوَجًاʿiwajan(seem) crooked
  13. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
  14. شُهَدَآءُ ۗshuhadāu(are) witnesses
  15. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  16. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
  17. بِغَٰفِلٍbighāfilin(is) unaware
  18. عَمَّاʿammāof what
  19. تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūnayou do

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