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

Quran 3:72

3:72

وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَجْهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

waqālat ṭāifatun min ahli l-kitābi āminū bi-alladhī unzila ʿalā alladhīna āmanū wajha l-nahāri wa-uk'furū ākhirahu laʿallahum yarjiʿūna

And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will return [i.e., abandon their religion],

— Saheeh International

Some of the People of the Book say, ‘At the beginning of the day, believe in what has been revealed to these believers [the Muslims], then at the end of the day reject it, so that they too may turn back,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And a party of the people of the Scripture say: "Believe in the morning in that which is revealed to the believers (Muslims), and reject it at the end of the day, so that they may turn back.

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

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وَقَالَتwaqālatAnd said
طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna group
مِّنْminof
أَهْلِahli(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve
بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin what
أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
وَجْهَwajha(at the) beginning
ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day
وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟wa-uk'furūand reject
ءَاخِرَهُۥākhirahu(at) its end
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumperhaps they may
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn