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Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 43 (5:43)

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وَكَيْفَ يُحَكِّمُونَكَ وَعِندَهُمُ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ فِيهَا حُكْمُ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ …

Quran 5:43 is ayah 43 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 115 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:43
وَكَيْفَيُحَكِّمُونَكَوَعِندَهُمُٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُفِيهَاحُكْمُٱللَّهِثُمَّيَتَوَلَّوْنَمِنۢبَعْدِذَٰلِكَ ۚوَمَآأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَبِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ٤٣
wakayfa yuḥakkimūnaka waʿindahumu l-tawrātu fīhā ḥuk'mu l-lahi thumma yatawallawna min baʿdi dhālika wamā ulāika bil-mu'minīna

But how is it that they come to you for judgement while they have the Torah, in which is the judgement of Allāh? Then they turn away, [even] after that; but those are not [in fact] believers.(43)

Word by word

  1. وَكَيْفَwakayfaBut how can
  2. يُحَكِّمُونَكَyuḥakkimūnakathey appoint you a judge
  3. وَعِندَهُمُwaʿindahumuwhile they (have) with them
  4. ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُl-tawrātuthe Taurat
  5. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  6. حُكْمُḥuk'mu(is the) Command
  7. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  8. ثُمَّthummaThen
  9. يَتَوَلَّوْنَyatawallawnathey turn away
  10. مِنۢminfrom
  11. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  12. ذَٰلِكَ ۚdhālikathat
  13. وَمَآwamāand not
  14. أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَulāikathose
  15. بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَbil-mu'minīna(are) the believers

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