Quran 4:47 — An-Nisaa, verse 47
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
People of the Book, believe in what We have sent down to confirm what you already have before We wipe out [your sense of ] direction, turning you back, or reject you, as We rejected those who broke the Sabbath: God’s will is always done.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ آمِنُوا بِمَا نَزَّلْنَا مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا مَعَكُمْ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ نَطْمِسَ وُجُوهًا فَنَرُدَّهَا عَلَىٰ أَدْبَارِهَا أَوْ نَلْعَنَهُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَّا أَصْحَابَ السَّبْتِ ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا
yāayyuhā alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba āminū bimā nazzalnā muṣaddiqan limā maʿakum min qabli an naṭmisa wujūhan fanaruddahā ʿalā adbārihā aw nalʿanahum kamā laʿannā aṣḥāba l-sabti wakāna amru l-lahi mafʿūlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- You who have been given the Book, believe in what We have sent down, confirming what is with you, before We obliterate faces, and turn them upon their backs, or curse them as We cursed the Sabbath-men, and God's command is done.
- Muhammad Asad
- O you who have been granted revelation [aforetime]! Believe in what We have [now] bestowed from on high in confirmation of whatever [of the truth] you already possess, lest We efface your hopes and bring them to an end - just as We rejected those people who broke the Sabbath: for God's will is always done.
- Sahih International
- O you who were given the Scripture, believe in what We have sent down [to Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ)], confirming that which is with you, before We obliterate faces and turn them toward their backs or curse them as We cursed the sabbath-breakers. And ever is the matter [i.e., decree] of Allāh accomplished.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | يَـٰٓأَيُّهَاyāayyuhā | O you | — |
| 2 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | who | — |
| 3 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | (have) been given | أتي |
| 4 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 5 | ءَامِنُوا۟āminū | believe | أمن |
| 6 | بِمَاbimā | in what | — |
| 7 | نَزَّلْنَاnazzalnā | We (have) revealed | نزل |
| 8 | مُصَدِّقًۭاmuṣaddiqan | confirming | صدق |
| 9 | لِّمَاlimā | what is | — |
| 10 | مَعَكُمmaʿakum | with you | — |
| 11 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 12 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 13 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 14 | نَّطْمِسَnaṭmisa | We efface | طمس |
| 15 | وُجُوهًۭاwujūhan | faces | وجه |
| 16 | فَنَرُدَّهَاfanaruddahā | and turn them | ردد |
| 17 | عَلَىٰٓʿalā | on | — |
| 18 | أَدْبَارِهَآadbārihā | their backs | دبر |
| 19 | أَوْaw | or | — |
| 20 | نَلْعَنَهُمْnalʿanahum | We curse them | لعن |
| 21 | كَمَاkamā | as | — |
| 22 | لَعَنَّآlaʿannā | We cursed | لعن |
| 23 | أَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba | companions | صحب |
| 24 | ٱلسَّبْتِ ۚl-sabti | (of) the Sabbath | سبت |
| 25 | وَكَانَwakāna | And is | كون |
| 26 | أَمْرُamru | (the) command | أمر |
| 27 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 28 | مَفْعُولًاmafʿūlan | (always) executed | فعل |