Surah Ali 'Imran 3:3 — translation and meaning

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نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنجِيلَ

Word by Word

نَزَّلَ
nazzala
He revealed
عَلَيْكَ
alayka
to you
الْكِتَابَ
al-kitaba
the Book
بِالْحَقِّ
bil-haqi
in [the] truth
مُصَدِّقًا
musaddiqan
confirming
لِّمَا
lima
that which
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was)
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
before it
وَأَنزَلَ
wa-anzala
and He revealed
التَّوْرَاةَ
al-tawrata
the Taurat
وَالْإِنجِيلَ
wal-injila
and the Injeel

Transliteration

Nazzala 'alaikal Kitaaba bilhaqqi musaddiqal limaa baina yadaihi wa anzalat Tawraata wal Injeel

Translation

He has sent down upon you, [O Muhammad], the Book in truth, confirming what was before it. And He revealed the Torah and the Gospel.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

He has revealed to you, O Prophet, the Qur’ān with true stories and just laws that are in agreement with the previous divine books; and there is no contradiction between all these divine books. Before revealing the Qur’ān to you, He revealed the Torah to Moses and the Gospel to Jesus.

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

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