Quran 47:3 — Muhammad, verse 3
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
This is because the disbelievers follow falsehood, while the believers follow the truth from their Lord. In this way God shows people their true type.
ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْبَاطِلَ وَأَنَّ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اتَّبَعُوا الْحَقَّ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يَضْرِبُ اللَّهُ لِلنَّاسِ أَمْثَالَهُمْ
dhālika bi-anna alladhīna kafarū ittabaʿū l-bāṭila wa-anna alladhīna āmanū ittabaʿū l-ḥaqa min rabbihim kadhālika yaḍribu l-lahu lilnnāsi amthālahum
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Even so God strikes their similitudes for men.
- Muhammad Asad
- This, because they who are bent on denying the truth pursue falsehood, whereas they who have attained to faith pursue [but] the truth [that flows] from their Sustainer. In this way does God set forth unto man the parables of their true state.
- Sahih International
- That is because those who disbelieve follow falsehood, and those who believe follow the truth from their Lord. Thus does Allāh present to the people their comparisons.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 2 | بِأَنَّbi-anna | (is) because | — |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieve | كفر |
| 5 | ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ittabaʿū | follow | تبع |
| 6 | ٱلْبَـٰطِلَl-bāṭila | falsehood | بطل |
| 7 | وَأَنَّwa-anna | and that | — |
| 8 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 9 | ءَامَنُوا۟āmanū | believe | أمن |
| 10 | ٱتَّبَعُوا۟ittabaʿū | follow | تبع |
| 11 | ٱلْحَقَّl-ḥaqa | (the) truth | حقق |
| 12 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 13 | رَّبِّهِمْ ۚrabbihim | their Lord | ربب |
| 14 | كَذَٰلِكَkadhālika | Thus | — |
| 15 | يَضْرِبُyaḍribu | Allah presents | ضرب |
| 16 | ٱللَّهُl-lahu | Allah presents | أله |
| 17 | لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsi | to the people | نوس |
| 18 | أَمْثَـٰلَهُمْamthālahum | their similitudes | مثل |