Quran 3:72 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 72
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Some of the People of the Book say, ‘At the beginning of the day, believe in what has been revealed to these believers [the Muslims], then at the end of the day reject it, so that they too may turn back,
وَقَالَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ آمِنُوا بِالَّذِي أُنْزِلَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَجْهَ النَّهَارِ وَاكْفُرُوا آخِرَهُ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
waqālat ṭāifatun min ahli l-kitābi āminū bi-alladhī unzila ʿalā alladhīna āmanū wajha l-nahāri wa-uk'furū ākhirahu laʿallahum yarjiʿūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- There is a party of the People of the Book say, 'Believe in what has been sent down upon those who believe at the beginning of the day, and disbelieve at the end of it; haply they will then return;
- Muhammad Asad
- And some of the followers of earlier revelation say [to one another]: "Declare your belief in what has been revealed unto those who believe [in Muhammad] at the beginning of the day, and deny the truth of what came later, so that they might go back [on their faith];
- Sahih International
- And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will return [i.e., abandon their religion],
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَتwaqālat | And said | قول |
| 2 | طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatun | a group | طوف |
| 3 | مِّنْmin | of | — |
| 4 | أَهْلِahli | (the) People | أهل |
| 5 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 6 | ءَامِنُوا۟āminū | Believe | أمن |
| 7 | بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhī | in what | — |
| 8 | أُنزِلَunzila | was revealed | نزل |
| 9 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 10 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 11 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 12 | وَجْهَwajha | (at the) beginning | وجه |
| 13 | ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri | (of) the day | نهر |
| 14 | وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟wa-uk'furū | and reject | كفر |
| 15 | ءَاخِرَهُۥākhirahu | (at) its end | أخر |
| 16 | لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahum | perhaps they may | — |
| 17 | يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūna | return | رجع |