Quran 3:20 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 20
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
if they argue with you [Prophet], say, ‘I have devoted myself to God alone and so have my followers.’ Ask those who were given the Scripture, as well as those without one, ‘Do you too devote yourselves to Him alone?’ If they do, they will be guided, but if they turn away, your only duty is to convey the message. God is aware of His servants.
فَإِنْ حَاجُّوكَ فَقُلْ أَسْلَمْتُ وَجْهِيَ لِلَّهِ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَنِ ۗ وَقُلْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ وَالْأُمِّيِّينَ أَأَسْلَمْتُمْ ۚ فَإِنْ أَسْلَمُوا فَقَدِ اهْتَدَوْا ۖ وَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ الْبَلَاغُ ۗ وَاللَّهُ بَصِيرٌ بِالْعِبَادِ
fa-in ḥājjūka faqul aslamtu wajhiya lillahi wamani ittabaʿani waqul lilladhīna ūtū l-kitāba wal-umiyīna a-aslamtum fa-in aslamū faqadi ih'tadaw wa-in tawallaw fa-innamā ʿalayka l-balāghu wal-lahu baṣīrun bil-ʿibādi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So if they dispute with thee, say: 'I have surrendered my will to God, and whosoever follows me. And say to those who have been given the Book and to the common folk: 'Have you surrendered?' If they have surrendered, they are right guided; but if they turn their backs, thine it is only to deliver the Message; and God sees His servants.
- Muhammad Asad
- Thus, [O Prophet,] if they argue with thee, say, "I have surrendered my whole being unto God, and [so have] all who follow me!" - and ask those who have been vouchsafed revelation aforetime, as well as all unlettered people, "Have you [too] surrendered yourselves unto Him?" And if they surrender themselves unto Him, they are on the right path; but if they turn away - behold, thy duty is no more than to deliver the message: for God sees all that is in [the hearts of] His creatures.
- Sahih International
- So if they argue with you, say, "I have submitted myself to Allāh [in Islām], and [so have] those who follow me." And say to those who were given the Scripture and [to] the unlearned, "Have you submitted yourselves?" And if they submit [in Islām], they are rightly guided; but if they turn away - then upon you is only the [duty of] notification. And Allāh is Seeing of [His] servants.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَإِنْfa-in | Then if | — |
| 2 | حَآجُّوكَḥājjūka | they argue with you | حجج |
| 3 | فَقُلْfaqul | then say | قول |
| 4 | أَسْلَمْتُaslamtu | I have submitted | سلم |
| 5 | وَجْهِىَwajhiya | myself | وجه |
| 6 | لِلَّهِlillahi | to Allah | أله |
| 7 | وَمَنِwamani | and (those) who | — |
| 8 | ٱتَّبَعَنِ ۗittabaʿani | follow me | تبع |
| 9 | وَقُلwaqul | And say | قول |
| 10 | لِّلَّذِينَlilladhīna | to those who | — |
| 11 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | were given | أتي |
| 12 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 13 | وَٱلْأُمِّيِّـۧنَwal-umiyīna | and the unlettered people | أمم |
| 14 | ءَأَسْلَمْتُمْ ۚa-aslamtum | Have you submitted yourselves | سلم |
| 15 | فَإِنْfa-in | Then if | — |
| 16 | أَسْلَمُوا۟aslamū | they submit | سلم |
| 17 | فَقَدِfaqadi | then surely | — |
| 18 | ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖih'tadaw | they are guided | هدي |
| 19 | وَّإِنwa-in | But if | — |
| 20 | تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallaw | they turn back | ولي |
| 21 | فَإِنَّمَاfa-innamā | then only | — |
| 22 | عَلَيْكَʿalayka | on you | — |
| 23 | ٱلْبَلَـٰغُ ۗl-balāghu | (is) to [the] convey | بلغ |
| 24 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | And Allah | أله |
| 25 | بَصِيرٌۢbaṣīrun | (is) All-Seer | بصر |
| 26 | بِٱلْعِبَادِbil-ʿibādi | of [His] slaves | عبد |