Surah An-Nahl (النحل) • The Bee

Quran 16:124

16:124

إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ ٱلسَّبْتُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ ۚ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَيَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ

innamā juʿila l-sabtu ʿalā alladhīna ikh'talafū fīhi wa-inna rabbaka layaḥkumu baynahum yawma l-qiyāmati fīmā kānū fīhi yakhtalifūna

The sabbath was only appointed for those who differed over it. And indeed, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

— Saheeh International

The Sabbath was made obligatory only for those who differed about it. On the Day of Resurrection your Lord will judge between them as to their differences.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

The Sabbath was only prescribed for those who differed concerning it, and verily, your Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection about that wherein they used to differ.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

إِنَّمَاinnamāOnly
جُعِلَjuʿilawas appointed
ٱلسَّبْتُl-sabtuthe Sabbath
عَلَىʿalāfor
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūdiffered
فِيهِۚfīhiin it
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
رَبَّكَrabbakayour Lord
لَيَحْكُمُlayaḥkumuwill surely judge
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
يَوْمَyawma(on) the Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrection
فِيمَاfīmāin what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey used (to)
فِيهِfīhi[in it]
يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnadiffer