Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:43

5:43

وَكَيْفَ يُحَكِّمُونَكَ وَعِندَهُمُ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ فِيهَا حُكْمُ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ ۚ وَمَآ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

wakayfa yuḥakkimūnaka waʿindahumu l-tawrātu fīhā ḥuk'mu l-lahi thumma yatawallawna min baʿdi dhālika wamā ulāika bil-mu'minīna

But how is it that they come to you for judgement while they have the Torah, in which is the judgement of Allāh? Then they turn away, [even] after that; but those are not [in fact] believers.

— Saheeh International

but why do they come to you for judgement when they have the Torah with God’s judgement, and even then still turn away? These are not believers.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

But how do they come to you for decision while they have the Taurât (Torah), in which is the (plain) Decision of Allâh; yet even after that, they turn away. For they are not (really) believers.

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

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Word by Word

وَكَيْفَwakayfaBut how can
يُحَكِّمُونَكَyuḥakkimūnakathey appoint you a judge
وَعِندَهُمُwaʿindahumuwhile they (have) with them
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُl-tawrātuthe Taurat
فِيهَاfīhāin it
حُكْمُḥuk'mu(is the) Command
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
ثُمَّthummaThen
يَتَوَلَّوْنَyatawallawnathey turn away
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
ذَٰلِكَۚdhālikathat
وَمَآwamāand not
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikathose
بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَbil-mu'minīna(are) the believers