Surah An-Nisa 4:150 — translation and meaning

النساء · Verse 150 / 176 · Page 102

إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يُفَرِّقُوا بَيْنَ اللَّهِ وَرُسُلِهِ وَيَقُولُونَ نُؤْمِنُ بِبَعْضٍ وَنَكْفُرُ بِبَعْضٍ وَيُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَّخِذُوا بَيْنَ ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا

Word by Word

إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
الَّذِينَ
alladhina
those who
يَكْفُرُونَ
yakfuruna
disbelieve
بِاللَّهِ
bil-lahi
in Allah
وَرُسُلِهِ
warusulihi
and His Messengers
وَيُرِيدُونَ
wayuriduna
and they wish
أَن
an
that
يُفَرِّقُوا
yufarriqu
they differentiate
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
اللَّهِ
al-lahi
Allah
وَرُسُلِهِ
warusulihi
and His Messengers
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaquluna
and they say
نُؤْمِنُ
nu'minu
We believe
بِبَعْضٍ
biba'din
in some
وَنَكْفُرُ
wanakfuru
and we disbelieve
بِبَعْضٍ
biba'din
in others
وَيُرِيدُونَ
wayuriduna
And they wish
أَن
an
that
يَتَّخِذُوا
yattakhidhu
they take
بَيْنَ
bayna
between
ذَلِكَ
dhalika
that
سَبِيلًا
sabilan
a way

Transliteration

Innal lazeena yakkfuroona billaahi wa Rusulihee wa yureedoona ai yufarriqoo bainal laahi wa Rusulihee wa yaqooloona nu'minu biba'dinw wa nakfuru biba' dinw wa yureedoona ai yattakhizoo baina zaalika sabeelaa

Translation

Indeed, those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers and wish to discriminate between Allah and His messengers and say, "We believe in some and disbelieve in others," and wish to adopt a way in between -

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Those who disbelieve in Allah and His messengers, and who want to make a distinction between Allah and His messengers by believing in Allah yet rejecting His messengers by saying, ‘We accept some messengers and reject others’, and they want to take a path between disbelief and belief, thinking that this will save them.

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

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