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

Quran 3:65

3:65

يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَتِ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ وَٱلْإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

yāahla l-kitābi lima tuḥājjūna fī ib'rāhīma wamā unzilati l-tawrātu wal-injīlu illā min baʿdihi afalā taʿqilūna

O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?

— Saheeh International

People of the Book, why do you argue about Abraham when the Torah and the Gospels were not revealed until after his time? Do you not understand?

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Why do you dispute about Ibrâhîm (Abraham), while the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) were not revealed till after him? Have you then no sense?

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

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Word by Word

يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لِمَlimaWhy
تُحَآجُّونَtuḥājjūna(do) you argue
فِىٓfīconcerning
إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
وَمَآwamāwhile not
أُنزِلَتِunzilatiwas revealed
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُl-tawrātuthe Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلُwal-injīluand the Injeel
إِلَّاillāexcept
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِهِۦٓۚbaʿdihiafter him
أَفَلَاafalāThen why don't
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use your intellect