Quran 3:119 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 119
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
This is how it is: here you are, you love them, but they do not love you; you believe in all the Scriptures and when they meet you, they say, ‘We believe,’ but when they are alone, they bite their fingertips in rage at you. [Prophet], say, ‘Die of rage [if you wish]!’ God knows exactly what is in everyone’s hearts.
هَا أَنْتُمْ أُولَاءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْكِتَابِ كُلِّهِ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا عَضُّوا عَلَيْكُمُ الْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ الْغَيْظِ ۚ قُلْ مُوتُوا بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَلِيمٌ بِذَاتِ الصُّدُورِ
hāantum ulāi tuḥibbūnahum walā yuḥibbūnakum watu'minūna bil-kitābi kullihi wa-idhā laqūkum qālū āmannā wa-idhā khalaw ʿaḍḍū ʿalaykumu l-anāmila mina l-ghayẓi qul mūtū bighayẓikum inna l-laha ʿalīmun bidhāti l-ṣudūri
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Ha, there you are; you love them, and they love you not; you believe in the Book, all of it, and when they meet you they say, 'We believe,' but when they go privily, they bite at you their fingers, enraged. Say: 'Die in your rage; God knows the thoughts in the breasts.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Lo! It is you who [are prepared to] love them, but they will not love you, although you believe in all of the revelation. And when they meet you, they assert, "We believe [as you believe]"; but when they find themselves alone, they gnaw their fingers in rage against you. Say: "Perish in your rage! Behold, God has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men]!"
- Sahih International
- Here you are loving them but they are not loving you, while you believe in the Scripture - all of it. And when they meet you, they say, "We believe." But when they are alone, they bite their fingertips at you in rage. Say, "Die in your rage. Indeed, Allāh is Knowing of that within the breasts."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | هَـٰٓأَنتُمْhāantum | Lo! You are | — |
| 2 | أُو۟لَآءِulāi | those | — |
| 3 | تُحِبُّونَهُمْtuḥibbūnahum | you love them | حبب |
| 4 | وَلَاwalā | but not | — |
| 5 | يُحِبُّونَكُمْyuḥibbūnakum | they love you | حبب |
| 6 | وَتُؤْمِنُونَwatu'minūna | and you believe | أمن |
| 7 | بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābi | in the Book | كتب |
| 8 | كُلِّهِۦkullihi | all of it | كلل |
| 9 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 10 | لَقُوكُمْlaqūkum | they meet you | لقي |
| 11 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they say | قول |
| 12 | ءَامَنَّاāmannā | We believe | أمن |
| 13 | وَإِذَاwa-idhā | And when | — |
| 14 | خَلَوْا۟khalaw | they are alone | خلو |
| 15 | عَضُّوا۟ʿaḍḍū | they bite | عضض |
| 16 | عَلَيْكُمُʿalaykumu | at you | — |
| 17 | ٱلْأَنَامِلَl-anāmila | the finger tips | نمل |
| 18 | مِنَmina | (out) of | — |
| 19 | ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚl-ghayẓi | [the] rage | غيظ |
| 20 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 21 | مُوتُوا۟mūtū | Die | موت |
| 22 | بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗbighayẓikum | in your rage | غيظ |
| 23 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 24 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 25 | عَلِيمٌۢʿalīmun | (is) All-Knowing | علم |
| 26 | بِذَاتِbidhāti | of what | — |
| 27 | ٱلصُّدُورِl-ṣudūri | (is in) the breasts | صدر |