Surah Ali 'Imran 3:21 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 21 / 200 · Page 52

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْقِسْطِ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

Word by Word

إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfuruna
disbelieve
بِآيَاتِ
biayati
in (the) Signs (of)
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
وَيَقْتُلُونَ
wayaqtuluna
and they kill
النَّبِيِّينَ
al-nabiyina
the Prophets
بِغَيْرِ
bighayri
without
حَقٍّ
haqqin
right
وَيَقْتُلُونَ
wayaqtuluna
and they kill
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَأْمُرُونَ
yamuruna
order
بِالْقِسْطِ
bil-qis'ti
[with] justice
مِنَ
mina
among
النَّاسِ
al-nasi
the people
فَبَشِّرْهُم
fabashir'hum
then give them tidings
بِعَذَابٍ
bi'adhabin
of a punishment
أَلِيمٍ
alimin
painful

Transliteration

Innal lazeena yakfuroona bi Aayaatil laahi wa yaqtuloonan Nabiyyeena bighairi haqqinw wa yaqtuloonal lazeena yaamuroona bilqisti minannaasi fabashirhum bi'azaabin aleem

Translation

Those who disbelieve in the signs of Allah and kill the prophets without right and kill those who order justice from among the people - give them tidings of a painful punishment.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who disbelieve in Allah’s signs, which show that He alone is the Lord and the One worthy of being worshipped, kill His prophets wrongly due to hatred, and kill those who call for justice by commanding good and forbidding evil – give these murderous disbelievers news of a painful punishment.

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

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