Surah Ali 'Imran 3:65 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 65 / 200 · Page 58

ۚ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تُحَاجُّونَ فِي إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَمَا أُنزِلَتِ التَّوْرَاةُ وَالْإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِن بَعْدِهِ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Word by Word

ۚ
يَا أَهْلَ
yaahla
O People
الْكِتَابِ
al-kitabi
(of) the Book
لِمَ
lima
Why
تُحَاجُّونَ
tuhajjuna
(do) you argue
فِي
fi
concerning
إِبْرَاهِيمَ
ib'rahima
Ibrahim
وَمَا
wama
while not
أُنزِلَتِ
unzilati
was revealed
التَّوْرَاةُ
al-tawratu
the Taurat
وَالْإِنجِيلُ
wal-injilu
and the Injeel
إِلَّا
illa
except
مِن
min
from
بَعْدِهِ
ba'dihi
after him
أَفَلَا
afala
Then why don't
تَعْقِلُونَ
ta'qiluna
you use your intellect

Transliteration

Yaaa Ahlal Kitaabi limaa tuhaaajjoona feee Ibraaheema wa maaa unzilatit Tawraatu wal Injeelu illaa mim ba'dih; afala ta'qiloon

Translation

O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

O People of the Scripture, why do you dispute about the belief of Abraham? The Jews claimed that he was a Jew and the Christians claimed he was a Christian. You know very well that Judaism and Christianity appeared a long time after him. Can you not see the falseness of your statement and the error of your claim?

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

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