Surah An-Nur, Ayah 48 (24:48)

ٱلنُّور

وَإِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

Quran 24:48 is ayah 48 of Surah An-Nur (“The Light”), a Medinan surah of 64 ayahs. It is in Juz 18, on page 356 of the Madani Mushaf.

24:48
وَإِذَادُعُوٓا۟إِلَىٱللَّهِوَرَسُولِهِۦلِيَحْكُمَبَيْنَهُمْإِذَافَرِيقٌمِّنْهُممُّعْرِضُونَ٤٨
wa-idhā duʿū ilā l-lahi warasūlihi liyaḥkuma baynahum idhā farīqun min'hum muʿ'riḍūna

And when they are called to [the words of] Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal].(48)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. دُعُوٓا۟duʿūthey are called
  3. إِلَىilāto
  4. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
  5. وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihiand His Messenger
  6. لِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumato judge
  7. بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
  8. إِذَاidhābehold
  9. فَرِيقٌfarīquna party
  10. مِّنْهُمmin'humof them
  11. مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna(is) averse

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