Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران) • Family of Imran

Quran 3:23

3:23

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

alam tara ilā alladhīna ūtū naṣīban mina l-kitābi yud'ʿawna ilā kitābi l-lahi liyaḥkuma baynahum thumma yatawallā farīqun min'hum wahum muʿ'riḍūna

Do you not consider, [O Muḥammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allāh that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.

— Saheeh International

Have you considered those who were given a share of the Scripture? When they are asked to accept judgement from God’s Scripture, some of them turn their backs and walk away, all because they declare,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have you not seen those who have been given a portion of the Scripture? They are being invited to the Book of Allâh to settle their dispute, then a party of them turn away, and they are averse.

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

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أَلَمْalamHave not
تَرَtarayou seen
إِلَىilā[to]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
نَصِيبًۭاnaṣībana portion
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Scripture
يُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnaThey are invited
إِلَىٰilāto
كِتَـٰبِkitābi(the) Book
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
لِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkumathat (it should) arbitrate
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
ثُمَّthummathen
يَتَوَلَّىٰyatawallāturns away
فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna party
مِّنْهُمْmin'humof them
وَهُمwahumand they (are)
مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūnathose who are averse