Quran 3:23

Surah Ali 'Imran, Verse 23

Verse 23 of 200 in Surah Ali 'Imran (آل عمران), chapter 3 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَـٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

EnglishSaheeh International
Do you not consider, [O Muḥammad], those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They are invited to the Scripture of Allāh that it should arbitrate between them; then a party of them turns away, and they are refusing.
TamilJan Trust Foundation
வேதத்தில் ஒரு பாகம் கொடுக்கப்பட்டவர்(களான யூதர்)களை நீர் கவனிக்கவில்லையா? அவர்களிடையே (ஏற்பட்ட விவகாரத்தைப் பற்றி) அல்லாஹ்வின் வேதத்தைக் கொண்டு தீர்ப்பளிக்க அவர்கள் அழைக்கப்பட்டார்கள்; ஆனால் அவர்களில் ஒரு பிரிவார் (இதைப்) புறக்கணித்து விலகிக் கொண்டனர்.
SinhalaRuwwad Center
පුස්තකයෙන් කොටසක් පිරිනමනු ලැබූවන් දෙස නුඹ නො බැලුවෙහි ද? ඔවුන් අතර තීන්දු කරනු පිණිස අල්ලාහ්ගේ ග්‍රන්ථය වෙත ඔවුන් කැඳවනු ලබන්නෝ ය. පසුව ඔවුන් අතුරින් පිරිසක් පිටු දකින්නන් ලෙස හැරී ගියෝ ය.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
کیا آپ نے انہیں نہیں دیکھا جنہیں ایک حصہ کتاب کا دیا گیا ہے وه اپنے آپس کے فیصلوں کے لئے اللہ تعالیٰ کی کتاب کی طرف بلائے جاتے ہیں، پھر بھی ایک جماعت ان کی منھ پھیر کر لوٹ جاتی ہے۔
JapaneseRyoichi Mita
あなたは啓典の一部を与えられていた者たちが,かれらの間の裁判を,アッラーの啓典(タウラート)に頼るようにと,呼びかけられるのを見なかったのか。だがかれらの一部は背き去った,かれらは転落者である。
ChineseMa Jian
难道你没有看见曾受一部分天经的人吗?别人召他们去依据真主的经典而判决争执时,他们中有一部分人不愿接受他的判决,他们是常常反对真理的。

Tafsir of 3:23

Chastising the People of the Book for Not Referring to the Book of Allah for Judgment Allah criticizes the Jews and Christians who claim to follow their Books, the Tawrah and the Injil, because when they are called to refer to these Books where Allah commanded them to follow Muhammad , they turn away with aversion. This censure and criticism from Allah was all because of their defiance and rejection. Allah said next, ذَلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُواْ لَن تَمَسَّنَا النَّارُ إِلاَ أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَتٍ (This is because they say: "The Fire shall not touch us but for a number of days.") meaning, what made them dare to challenge and defy the truth is their false claim that Allah will only punish them for seven days in the Fire, a day for every one thousand years in this life. We mentioned this subject in the Tafsir of Surat Al-Baqarah. Allah then said, وَغَرَّهُمْ فِى دِينِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ يَفْتَرُونَ (And that which they used to invent regarding their religion has deceived them.) meaning, what caused them to remain on their false creed is that they deceived themselves, believing that the Fire will only touch them for a few days for their errors.…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

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