Quran 3:21 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Give news of agonizing torment to those who ignore God’s revelations, who unjustifiably kill prophets, who kill those who command that justice is done:
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ النَّبِيِّينَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ الَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْقِسْطِ مِنَ النَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
inna alladhīna yakfurūna biāyāti l-lahi wayaqtulūna l-nabiyīna bighayri ḥaqqin wayaqtulūna alladhīna yamurūna bil-qis'ṭi mina l-nāsi fabashir'hum biʿadhābin alīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Those who disbelieve in the signs of God and slay the Prophets without right, and slay such men as bid to justice -- do thou give them the good tidings of a painful chastisement;
- Muhammad Asad
- Verily, as for those who deny the truth of God's messages, and slay the prophets against all right, and slay people who enjoin equity - announce unto them a grievous chastisement.
- Sahih International
- Those who disbelieve in the signs of Allāh and kill the prophets without right and kill those who order justice from among the people - give them tidings of a painful punishment.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 3 | يَكْفُرُونَyakfurūna | disbelieve | كفر |
| 4 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti | in (the) Signs (of) | أيي |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūna | and they kill | قتل |
| 7 | ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَl-nabiyīna | the Prophets | نبأ |
| 8 | بِغَيْرِbighayri | without | غير |
| 9 | حَقٍّۢḥaqqin | right | حقق |
| 10 | وَيَقْتُلُونَwayaqtulūna | and they kill | قتل |
| 11 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 12 | يَأْمُرُونَyamurūna | order | أمر |
| 13 | بِٱلْقِسْطِbil-qis'ṭi | [with] justice | قسط |
| 14 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 15 | ٱلنَّاسِl-nāsi | the people | نوس |
| 16 | فَبَشِّرْهُمfabashir'hum | then give them tidings | بشر |
| 17 | بِعَذَابٍbiʿadhābin | of a punishment | عذب |
| 18 | أَلِيمٍalīmin | painful | ألم |