Quran 24:48 — An-Noor, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and when they are summoned to God and His Messenger in order for him to judge between them, some of them turn away.
وَإِذَا دُعُوا إِلَى اللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ
wa-idhā duʿū ilā l-lahi warasūlihi liyaḥkuma baynahum idhā farīqun min'hum muʿ'riḍūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When they are called to God and His Messenger that he may judge between them, lo, a party of them are swerving aside;
- Muhammad Asad
- And [so it is that] whenever they are summoned unto God and His Apostle in order that [the divine writ] might judge between them, lo! some of them turn away;
- Sahih International
- And when they are called to [the words of] Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 2 | دُعُوٓا۟duʿū | they are called | دعو |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 5 | وَرَسُولِهِۦwarasūlihi | and His Messenger | رسل |
| 6 | لِيَحْكُمَliyaḥkuma | to judge | حكم |
| 7 | بَيْنَهُمْbaynahum | between them | بين |
| 8 | إِذَاidhā | behold | — |
| 9 | فَرِيقٌۭfarīqun | a party | فرق |
| 10 | مِّنْهُمmin'hum | of them | — |
| 11 | مُّعْرِضُونَmuʿ'riḍūna | (is) averse | عرض |