Surah Al-An'am 6:20 — translation and meaning

الأنعام · Verse 20 / 165 · Page 130

ۘ الَّذِينَ آتَيْنَاهُمُ الْكِتَابَ يَعْرِفُونَهُ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَاءَهُمُ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنفُسَهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Word by Word

ۘ
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those (to) whom
آتَيْنَاهُمُ
ataynahumu
We have given them
الْكِتَابَ
al-kitaba
the Book
يَعْرِفُونَهُ
ya'rifunahu
they recognize him
كَمَا
kama
as
يَعْرِفُونَ
ya'rifuna
they recognize
أَبْنَاءَهُمُ
abnaahumu
their sons
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
Those who
خَسِرُوا
khasiru
lost
أَنفُسَهُمْ
anfusahum
themselves
فَهُمْ
fahum
then they
لَا
la
(do) not
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minuna
believe

Transliteration

Allazeena aatainaa humul Kitaaba ya'rifoonahoo kamaa ya'rifoona abnaaa'ahum; allazeena khasirooo anfusahum fahum laa yu'minoon

Translation

Those to whom We have given the Scripture recognize it as they recognize their [own] sons. Those who will lose themselves [in the Hereafter] do not believe.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The Jews who were given the Torah and the Christians who were given the Gospel recognise the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) completely, just as they recognise their own children from other children. They are the ones who have lost their own souls by making them enter the fire of Hell, and they will not believe.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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