Surah Al-Ma'ida 5:47 — translation and meaning

المائدة · Verse 47 / 120 · Page 116

ۚ وَلْيَحْكُمْ أَهْلُ الْإِنجِيلِ بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فِيهِ وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَا أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ فَأُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
وَلْيَحْكُمْ
walyahkum
And let judge
أَهْلُ
ahlu
(the) People
الْإِنجِيلِ
al-injili
(of) the Injeel
بِمَا
bima
by what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
فِيهِ
fihi
in it
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
لَّمْ
lam
(does) not
يَحْكُم
yahkum
judge
بِمَا
bima
by what
أَنزَلَ
anzala
has revealed
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
فَأُولَئِكَ
fa-ulaika
then those
هُمُ
humu
[they] (are)
الْفَاسِقُونَ
al-fasiquna
the defiantly disobedient

Transliteration

Walyahkum Ahlul Injeeli bimaaa anzalal laahu feeh; wa mal lam yahkum bimaaa anzalal laahu fa ulaaa'ika humul faasiqoon

Translation

And let the People of the Gospel judge by what Allah has revealed therein. And whoever does not judge by what Allah has revealed - then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The Christians should believe in what Allah has revealed in the Gospel and they should judge in accordance with the truth it contains prior to the coming of Muhammad (peace be upon him). Whoever does not judge according to what Allah has sent down, then such people are the ones who do not follow Allah and leave the truth for falsehood.

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

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