Quran 4:51 — An-Nisaa, verse 51
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do you not see how those given a share of the Scripture, [evidently] now believe in idols and evil powers? They say of the disbelievers, ‘They are more rightly guided than the believers.’
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا نَصِيبًا مِنَ الْكِتَابِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْجِبْتِ وَالطَّاغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا هَـٰؤُلَاءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا سَبِيلًا
alam tara ilā alladhīna ūtū naṣīban mina l-kitābi yu'minūna bil-jib'ti wal-ṭāghūti wayaqūlūna lilladhīna kafarū hāulāi ahdā mina alladhīna āmanū sabīlan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Hast thou not regarded those who were given a share of the Book believing in demons and idols, and saying to the unbelievers, 'These are more rightly guided on the way than the believers'?
- Muhammad Asad
- Art thou not aware of those who, having been granted their share of the divine writ, [now] believe in baseless mysteries and in the powers of evil, and maintain that those who are bent on denying the truth are more surely guided than those who have attained to faith?
- Sahih International
- Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, who believe in jibt [superstition] and ṭāghūt [false objects of worship] and say about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَلَمْalam | Do not | — |
| 2 | تَرَtara | you see | رأي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | [towards] | — |
| 4 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 5 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | were given | أتي |
| 6 | نَصِيبًۭاnaṣīban | a portion | نصب |
| 7 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 8 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi | the Book | كتب |
| 9 | يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūna | They believe | أمن |
| 10 | بِٱلْجِبْتِbil-jib'ti | in the superstition | جبت |
| 11 | وَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِwal-ṭāghūti | and the false deities | طغي |
| 12 | وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūna | and they say | قول |
| 13 | لِلَّذِينَlilladhīna | for those who | — |
| 14 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve[d] | كفر |
| 15 | هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāi | These | — |
| 16 | أَهْدَىٰahdā | (are) better guided | هدي |
| 17 | مِنَmina | than | — |
| 18 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 19 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe[d] | أمن |
| 20 | سَبِيلًاsabīlan | (as to the) way | سبل |