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

Quran 3:69

3:69

وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

waddat ṭāifatun min ahli l-kitābi law yuḍillūnakum wamā yuḍillūna illā anfusahum wamā yashʿurūna

A faction of the People of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

— Saheeh International

Some of the People of the Book would dearly love to lead you [believers] astray, but they only lead themselves astray, though they do not realize it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

A party of the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) wish to lead you astray. But they shall not lead astray anyone except themselves, and they perceive not.

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

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وَدَّتwaddatWished
طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna group
مِّنْminfrom
أَهْلِahli(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لَوْlawif
يُضِلُّونَكُمْyuḍillūnakumthey could lead you astray
وَمَاwamāand not
يُضِلُّونَyuḍillūnathey lead astray
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
وَمَاwamāand not
يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūnathey perceive