Quran 3:113 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 113
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But they are not all alike. There are some among the People of the Book who are upright, who recite God’s revelations during the night, who bow down in worship,
لَيْسُوا سَوَاءً ۗ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ أُمَّةٌ قَائِمَةٌ يَتْلُونَ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَهُمْ يَسْجُدُونَ
laysū sawāan min ahli l-kitābi ummatun qāimatun yatlūna āyāti l-lahi ānāa al-layli wahum yasjudūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Yet they are not all alike; some of the People of the Book are a nation upstanding, that recite God's signs in the watches of the night, bowing themselves,
- Muhammad Asad
- [But] they are not all alike: among the followers of earlier revelation there are upright people, who recite God's messages throughout the night, and prostrate themselves [before Him].
- Sahih International
- They are not [all] the same; among the People of the Scripture is a community standing [in obedience], reciting the verses of Allāh during periods of the night and prostrating [in prayer].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ۞ لَيْسُوا۟laysū | They are not | ليس |
| 2 | سَوَآءًۭ ۗsawāan | (the) same | سوي |
| 3 | مِّنْmin | among | — |
| 4 | أَهْلِahli | (the) People | أهل |
| 5 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 6 | أُمَّةٌۭummatun | (is) a community | أمم |
| 7 | قَآئِمَةٌۭqāimatun | standing | قوم |
| 8 | يَتْلُونَyatlūna | (and) reciting | تلو |
| 9 | ءَايَـٰتِāyāti | (the) Verses | أيي |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 11 | ءَانَآءَānāa | (in the) hours | أني |
| 12 | ٱلَّيْلِal-layli | (of) the night | ليل |
| 13 | وَهُمْwahum | and they | — |
| 14 | يَسْجُدُونَyasjudūna | prostrate | سجد |