Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 4 (3:4)

آلِ عِمْرَان

مِن قَبْلُ هُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ وَأَنزَلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بَِٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ لَهُمْ …

Quran 3:4 is ayah 4 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 50 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:4
مِنقَبْلُهُدًىلِّلنَّاسِوَأَنزَلَٱلْفُرْقَانَ ۗإِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟بَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِلَهُمْعَذَابٌشَدِيدٌ ۗوَٱللَّهُعَزِيزٌذُوٱنتِقَامٍ٤
min qablu hudan lilnnāsi wa-anzala l-fur'qāna inna alladhīna kafarū biāyāti l-lahi lahum ʿadhābun shadīdun wal-lahu ʿazīzun dhū intiqāmin

Before, as guidance for the people. And He revealed the Criterion [i.e., the Qur’ān]. Indeed, those who disbelieve in the verses of Allāh will have a severe punishment, and Allāh is Exalted in Might, the Owner of Retribution.(4)

Word by word

  1. مِنminFrom
  2. قَبْلُqablubefore (this)
  3. هُدًىhudan(as) guidance
  4. لِّلنَّاسِlilnnāsifor the mankind
  5. وَأَنزَلَwa-anzalaAnd (He) revealed
  6. ٱلْفُرْقَانَ ۗl-fur'qānathe Criterion
  7. إِنَّinnaVerily
  8. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  9. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
  10. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyātiin (the) Verses
  11. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  12. لَهُمْlahumfor them
  13. عَذَابٌʿadhābun(is) a punishment
  14. شَدِيدٌ ۗshadīdunsevere
  15. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
  16. عَزِيزٌʿazīzun(is) All-Mighty
  17. ذُوdhūAll-Able
  18. ٱنتِقَامٍintiqāmin(of) retribution

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