Quran 3:69 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 69
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Some of the People of the Book would dearly love to lead you [believers] astray, but they only lead themselves astray, though they do not realize it.
وَدَّتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّا أَنْفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ
waddat ṭāifatun min ahli l-kitābi law yuḍillūnakum wamā yuḍillūna illā anfusahum wamā yashʿurūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is a party of the People of the Book yearn to make you go astray; yet none they make to stray, except themselves, but they are not aware.
- Muhammad Asad
- Some of the followers of earlier revelation would love to lead you astray: yet none do they lead astray but themselves, and perceive it not.
- Sahih International
- A faction of the People of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَدَّتwaddat | Wished | ودد |
| 2 | طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatun | a group | طوف |
| 3 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 4 | أَهْلِahli | (the) People | أهل |
| 5 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 6 | لَوْlaw | if | — |
| 7 | يُضِلُّونَكُمْyuḍillūnakum | they could lead you astray | ضلل |
| 8 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 9 | يُضِلُّونَyuḍillūna | they lead astray | ضلل |
| 10 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 11 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | themselves | نفس |
| 12 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 13 | يَشْعُرُونَyashʿurūna | they perceive | شعر |