Surah Al-A'raf 7:87 — translation and meaning

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ۚ وَإِن كَانَ طَائِفَةٌ مِّنكُمْ آمَنُوا بِالَّذِي أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِ وَطَائِفَةٌ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا فَاصْبِرُوا حَتَّى يَحْكُمَ اللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْحَاكِمِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
كَانَ
kana
(there) is
طَائِفَةٌ
taifatun
a group
مِّنكُمْ
minkum
among you
آمَنُوا
amanu
(who has) believed
بِالَّذِي
bi-alladhi
in that which
أُرْسِلْتُ
ur'sil'tu
I have been sent
بِهِ
bihi
with [it]
وَطَائِفَةٌ
wataifatun
and a group
لَّمْ
lam
not
يُؤْمِنُوا
yu'minu
they believe
فَاصْبِرُوا
fa-is'biru
then be patient
حَتَّى
hatta
until
يَحْكُمَ
yahkuma
judges
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
بَيْنَنَا
baynana
between us
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
And He
خَيْرُ
khayru
(is the) Best
الْحَاكِمِينَ
al-hakimina
(of) [the] Judges

Transliteration

Wa In kaana taaa'ifatum minkum aamanoo billazeee ursiltu bihee wa taaa'ifatul lam yu'minoo fasbiroo hattaa yahkumual laahu bainanaa; wa Huwa khairul haakimeen

Translation

And if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allah judges between us. And He is the best of judges."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

'And if there is a group among you who believe in what I have brought from my Lord, and another group who did not believe in it, then you, O deniers, should wait to see how Allah judges between the two groups. It would then become clear who stood for the truth and who were liars; and that those who stand for the truth will be saved, while those who are liars will be destroyed.'

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

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