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

Quran 3:75

3:75

۞ وَمِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ مَنْ إِن تَأْمَنْهُ بِقِنطَارٍ يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيْكَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ إِن تَأْمَنْهُ بِدِينَارٍ لَّا يُؤَدِّهِۦٓ إِلَيْكَ إِلَّا مَا دُمْتَ عَلَيْهِ قَآئِمًا ۗ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَيْسَ عَلَيْنَا فِى ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَ سَبِيلٌ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

wamin ahli l-kitābi man in tamanhu biqinṭārin yu-addihi ilayka wamin'hum man in tamanhu bidīnārin lā yu-addihi ilayka illā mā dum'ta ʿalayhi qāiman dhālika bi-annahum qālū laysa ʿalaynā fī l-umiyīna sabīlun wayaqūlūna ʿalā l-lahi l-kadhiba wahum yaʿlamūna

And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount [of wealth], he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a [single] coin, he will not return it to you unless you are constantly standing over him [demanding it]. That is because they say, "There is no blame upon us concerning the unlearned." And they speak untruth about Allāh while they know [it].

— Saheeh International

There are People of the Book who, if you [Prophet] entrust them with a heap of gold, will return it to you intact, but there are others of them who, if you entrust them with a single dinar, will not return it to you unless you keep standing over them, because they say, ‘We are under no obligation towards the gentiles.’ They tell a lie against God and they know it.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Among the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) is he who, if entrusted with a Qintâr (a great amount of wealth, etc.), will readily pay it back; and among them there is he who, if entrusted with a single silver coin, will not repay it unless you constantly stand demanding, because they say: "There is no blame on us to betray and take the properties of the illiterates (Arabs)." But they tell a lie against Allâh while they know it.

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

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۞ وَمِنْwaminAnd from
أَهْلِahli(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
مَنْman(is he) who
إِنinif
تَأْمَنْهُtamanhuyou entrust him
بِقِنطَارٍۢbiqinṭārinwith a great amount of wealth
يُؤَدِّهِۦٓyu-addihihe will return it
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humAnd from them
مَّنْman(is he) who
إِنinif
تَأْمَنْهُtamanhuyou entrust him
بِدِينَارٍۢbidīnārinwith a single coin
لَّاlānot
يُؤَدِّهِۦٓyu-addihihe will return it
إِلَيْكَilaykato you
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاmāthat
دُمْتَdum'tayou keep constantly
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiover him
قَآئِمًۭاۗqāimanstanding
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
قَالُوا۟qālūsaid
لَيْسَlaysaNot
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāon us
فِىfīconcerning
ٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَl-umiyīnathe unlettered people
سَبِيلٌۭsabīlunany [way] (accountability)
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow