Quran 3:98 — Aal-i-Imraan, verse 98
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Say, ‘People of the Book, why do you reject God’s revelations? God witnesses everything you do.’
قُلْ يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَاللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا تَعْمَلُونَ
qul yāahla l-kitābi lima takfurūna biāyāti l-lahi wal-lahu shahīdun ʿalā mā taʿmalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Say: 'People of the Book, why do you disbelieve in the signs of God? Surely God is witness of the things you do.'
- Muhammad Asad
- SAY: "O followers of earlier revelation! Why do you refuse to acknowledge the truth of God's messages, when God is witness to all that you do?"
- Sahih International
- Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allāh while Allāh is Witness over what you do?"
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahla | O People | أهل |
| 3 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | (of) the Book | كتب |
| 4 | لِمَlima | Why | — |
| 5 | تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūna | (do) you disbelieve | كفر |
| 6 | بِـَٔايَـٰتِbiāyāti | in (the) Verses | أيي |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 8 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | while Allah | أله |
| 9 | شَهِيدٌshahīdun | (is) a Witness | شهد |
| 10 | عَلَىٰʿalā | over | — |
| 11 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 12 | تَعْمَلُونَtaʿmalūna | you do | عمل |