Quran 5:50 — Al-Maaida, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Do they want judgement according to the time of pagan ignorance? Is there any better judge than God for those of firm faith?
أَفَحُكْمَ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ ۚ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حُكْمًا لِقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ
afaḥuk'ma l-jāhiliyati yabghūna waman aḥsanu mina l-lahi ḥuk'man liqawmin yūqinūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Is it the judgment of pagandom then that they are seeking? Yet who is fairer in judgment than God, for a people having sure faith?
- Muhammad Asad
- Do they, perchance, desire [to be ruled by] the law of pagan ignorance? But for people who have inner certainty, who could be a better law-giver than God?
- Sahih International
- Then is it the judgement of [the time of] ignorance they desire? But who is better than Allāh in judgement for a people who are certain [in faith].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَفَحُكْمَafaḥuk'ma | Is it then the judgment | حكم |
| 2 | ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِl-jāhiliyati | (of the time of) ignorance | جهل |
| 3 | يَبْغُونَ ۚyabghūna | they seek | بغي |
| 4 | وَمَنْwaman | And who (is) | — |
| 5 | أَحْسَنُaḥsanu | better | حسن |
| 6 | مِنَmina | than | — |
| 7 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 8 | حُكْمًۭاḥuk'man | (in) judgment | حكم |
| 9 | لِّقَوْمٍۢliqawmin | for a people | قوم |
| 10 | يُوقِنُونَyūqinūna | (who) firmly believe | يقن |