Quran 3:70 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 70
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People of the Book, why do you deny God’s revelations when you can see they are true?
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَأَنْتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ
yāahla l-kitābi lima takfurūna biāyāti l-lahi wa-antum tashhadūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- People of the Book! Why do you disbelieve in God's signs, which you yourselves witness?
- Muhammad Asad
- O followers of earlier revelation! Why do you deny the truth of God's messages to which you yourselves bear witness?
- Sahih International
- O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allāh while you witness [to their truth]?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla | O People | أهل |
| 2 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 3 | لِمَlima | Why do | — |
| 4 | تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna | you deny | كفر |
| 5 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti | [in] the Signs | أيي |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 7 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you | — |
| 8 | تَشْهَدُونَtashhadūna | bear witness | شهد |