Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:51

4:51

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ سَبِيلًا

alam tara ilā alladhīna ūtū naṣīban mina l-kitābi yu'minūna bil-jib'ti wal-ṭāghūti wayaqūlūna lilladhīna kafarū hāulāi ahdā mina alladhīna āmanū sabīlan

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, who believe in jibt [superstition] and ṭāghūt [false objects of worship] and say about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"?

— Saheeh International

Do you not see how those given a share of the Scripture, [evidently] now believe in idols and evil powers? They say of the disbelievers, ‘They are more rightly guided than the believers.’

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They believe in Jibt and Tâghût and say to the disbelievers that they are better guided as regards the way than the believers (Muslims).

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

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أَلَمْalamDo not
تَرَtarayou see
إِلَىilā[towards]
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
نَصِيبًۭاnaṣībana portion
مِّنَminaof
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaThey believe
بِٱلْجِبْتِbil-jib'tiin the superstition
وَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِwal-ṭāghūtiand the false deities
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
أَهْدَىٰahdā(are) better guided
مِنَminathan
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
سَبِيلًاsabīlan(as to the) way