Surah Ali 'Imran 3:86 — translation and meaning

آل عمران · Verse 86 / 200 · Page 61

ۚ كَيْفَ يَهْدِي اللَّهُ قَوْمًا كَفَرُوا بَعْدَ إِيمَانِهِمْ وَشَهِدُوا أَنَّ الرَّسُولَ حَقٌّ وَجَاءَهُمُ الْبَيِّنَاتُ وَاللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الظَّالِمِينَ

Word by Word

ۚ
كَيْفَ
kayfa
How
يَهْدِي
yahdi
(shall) guide
اللَّهُ
al-lahu
Allah
قَوْمًا
qawman
a people
كَفَرُوا
kafaru
(who) disbelieved
بَعْدَ
ba'da
after
إِيمَانِهِمْ
imanihim
their belief
وَشَهِدُوا
washahidu
and (had) witnessed
أَنَّ
anna
that
الرَّسُولَ
al-rasula
the Messenger
حَقٌّ
haqqun
(is) true
وَجَاءَهُمُ
wajaahumu
and came to them
الْبَيِّنَاتُ
al-bayinatu
the clear proofs
وَاللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
لَا
la
(does) not
يَهْدِي
yahdi
guide
الْقَوْمَ
al-qawma
the people
الظَّالِمِينَ
al-zalimina
[the] wrongdoers

Transliteration

Kaifa yahdil laahu qawman kafaroo ba'da eemaanihim wa shahidooo annar Rasoola haqqunw wa jaaa'ahumul baiyinaat; wallaahu laa yahdil qawmaz zaalimeen

Translation

How shall Allah guide a people who disbelieved after their belief and had witnessed that the Messenger is true and clear signs had come to them? And Allah does not guide the wrongdoing people.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

How shall Allah grant faith in Him and in His messengers to a people who disbelieved after having faith in Allah and witnessing that what the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) brought was the truth, and after clear proofs of the truth of this have come to them? Allah does not grant faith in Him to a people who are wrongdoers and who choose error instead of guidance.

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

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