Quran 9:30 — At-Tawba, verse 30
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
The Jews said, ‘Ezra is the son of God,’ and the Christians said, ‘The Messiah is the son of God’: they said this with their own mouths, repeating what earlier disbelievers had said. May God confound them! How far astray they have been led!
وَقَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌ ابْنُ اللَّهِ وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ اللَّهِ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ قَوْلُهُمْ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ ۖ يُضَاهِئُونَ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ قَبْلُ ۚ قَاتَلَهُمُ اللَّهُ ۚ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ
waqālati l-yahūdu ʿuzayrun ub'nu l-lahi waqālati l-naṣārā l-masīḥu ub'nu l-lahi dhālika qawluhum bi-afwāhihim yuḍāhiūna qawla alladhīna kafarū min qablu qātalahumu l-lahu annā yu'fakūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- The Jews say, 'Ezra is the Son of God'; the Christians say, 'The Messiah is the Son of God.' That is the utterance of their mouths, conforming with the unbelievers before them. God assail them! How they are perverted!
- Muhammad Asad
- AND THE JEWS say, "Ezra is God's son," while the Christians say, "The Christ is God's son." Such are the sayings which they utter with their mouths, following in spirit assertions made in earlier times by people who denied the truth! [They deserve the imprecation:] "May God destroy them!" How perverted are their minds!
- Sahih International
- The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allāh"; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allāh." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before [them]. May Allāh destroy them; how are they deluded?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَالَتِwaqālati | And said | قول |
| 2 | ٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūdu | the Jews | — |
| 3 | عُزَيْرٌʿuzayrun | Uzair | — |
| 4 | ٱبْنُub'nu | (is) son | بني |
| 5 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 6 | وَقَالَتِwaqālati | And said | قول |
| 7 | ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىl-naṣārā | the Christians | نصر |
| 8 | ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥu | Messiah | — |
| 9 | ٱبْنُub'nu | (is) son | بني |
| 10 | ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 11 | ذَٰلِكَdhālika | That | — |
| 12 | قَوْلُهُمqawluhum | (is) their saying | قول |
| 13 | بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۖbi-afwāhihim | with their mouths | فوه |
| 14 | يُضَـٰهِـُٔونَyuḍāhiūna | they imitate | ضهأ |
| 15 | قَوْلَqawla | the saying | قول |
| 16 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | (of) those who | — |
| 17 | كَفَرُوا۟kafarū | disbelieved | كفر |
| 18 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 19 | قَبْلُ ۚqablu | before | قبل |
| 20 | قَـٰتَلَهُمُqātalahumu | (May) Allah destroy them | قتل |
| 21 | ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu | (May) Allah destroy them | أله |
| 22 | أَنَّىٰannā | How | أني |
| 23 | يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūna | deluded are they | أفك |