Quran 3:64 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 64
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘People of the Book, let us arrive at a statement that is common to us all: we worship God alone, we ascribe no partner to Him, and none of us takes others beside God as lords.’ If they turn away, say, ‘Witness our devotion to Him.’
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ تَعَالَوْا إِلَىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَوَاءٍ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكُمْ أَلَّا نَعْبُدَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَلَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَلَا يَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا أَرْبَابًا مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ ۚ فَإِنْ تَوَلَّوْا فَقُولُوا اشْهَدُوا بِأَنَّا مُسْلِمُونَ
qul yāahla l-kitābi taʿālaw ilā kalimatin sawāin baynanā wabaynakum allā naʿbuda illā l-laha walā nush'rika bihi shayan walā yattakhidha baʿḍunā baʿḍan arbāban min dūni l-lahi fa-in tawallaw faqūlū ish'hadū bi-annā mus'limūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'People of the Book! Come now to a word common between us and you, that we serve none but God, and that we associate not aught with Him, and do not some of us take others as Lords, apart from God.' And if they turn their backs, say: 'Bear witness that we are Muslims.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Say: "O followers of earlier revelation! Come unto that tenet which we and you hold in common: that we shall worship none but God, and that we shall not ascribe divinity to aught beside Him, and that we shall not take human beings for our lords beside God." And if they turn away, then say: "Bear witness that it is we who have surrendered ourselves unto Him."
- Sahih International
- Say, "O People of the Scripture, come to a word that is equitable between us and you - that we will not worship except Allāh and not associate anything with Him and not take one another as lords instead of Allāh." But if they turn away, then say, "Bear witness that we are Muslims [submitting to Him]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla | O People | أهل |
| 3 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 4 | تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālaw | Come | علو |
| 5 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 6 | كَلِمَةٍۢkalimatin | a word | كلم |
| 7 | سَوَآءٍۭsawāin | equitable | سوي |
| 8 | بَيْنَنَاbaynanā | between us | بين |
| 9 | وَبَيْنَكُمْwabaynakum | and between you | بين |
| 10 | أَلَّاallā | that not | — |
| 11 | نَعْبُدَnaʿbuda | we worship | عبد |
| 12 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 13 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 14 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 15 | نُشْرِكَnush'rika | we associate partners | شرك |
| 16 | بِهِۦbihi | with Him | — |
| 17 | شَيْـًۭٔاshayan | anything | شيأ |
| 18 | وَلَاwalā | and not | — |
| 19 | يَتَّخِذَyattakhidha | take | أخذ |
| 20 | بَعْضُنَاbaʿḍunā | some of us | بعض |
| 21 | بَعْضًاbaʿḍan | (to) others | بعض |
| 22 | أَرْبَابًۭاarbāban | (as) lords | ربب |
| 23 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 24 | دُونِdūni | besides | دون |
| 25 | ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 26 | فَإِنfa-in | Then if | — |
| 27 | تَوَلَّوْا۟tawallaw | they turn away | ولي |
| 28 | فَقُولُوا۟faqūlū | then say | قول |
| 29 | ٱشْهَدُوا۟ish'hadū | Bear witness | شهد |
| 30 | بِأَنَّاbi-annā | that we | — |
| 31 | مُسْلِمُونَmus'limūna | (are) Muslims | سلم |