Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 61 (3:61)

آلِ عِمْرَان

فَمَنْ حَآجَّكَ فِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَكَ مِنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ فَقُلْ تَعَالَوْا۟ نَدْعُ أَبْنَآءَنَا …

Quran 3:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 57 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:61
فَمَنْحَآجَّكَفِيهِمِنۢبَعْدِمَاجَآءَكَمِنَٱلْعِلْمِفَقُلْتَعَالَوْا۟نَدْعُأَبْنَآءَنَاوَأَبْنَآءَكُمْوَنِسَآءَنَاوَنِسَآءَكُمْوَأَنفُسَنَاوَأَنفُسَكُمْثُمَّنَبْتَهِلْفَنَجْعَللَّعْنَتَٱللَّهِعَلَىٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ٦١
faman ḥājjaka fīhi min baʿdi mā jāaka mina l-ʿil'mi faqul taʿālaw nadʿu abnāanā wa-abnāakum wanisāanā wanisāakum wa-anfusanā wa-anfusakum thumma nabtahil fanajʿal laʿnata l-lahi ʿalā l-kādhibīna

Then whoever argues with you about it after [this] knowledge has come to you - say, "Come, let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then supplicate earnestly [together] and invoke the curse of Allāh upon the liars [among us]."(61)

Word by word

  1. فَمَنْfamanThen whoever
  2. حَآجَّكَḥājjakaargues (with) you
  3. فِيهِfīhiconcerning it
  4. مِنۢminfrom
  5. بَعْدِbaʿdiafter
  6. مَاmāwhat
  7. جَآءَكَjāakacame to you
  8. مِنَminaof
  9. ٱلْعِلْمِl-ʿil'mithe knowledge
  10. فَقُلْfaqulthen say
  11. تَعَالَوْا۟taʿālawCome
  12. نَدْعُnadʿulet us call
  13. أَبْنَآءَنَاabnāanāour sons
  14. وَأَبْنَآءَكُمْwa-abnāakumand your sons
  15. وَنِسَآءَنَاwanisāanāand our women
  16. وَنِسَآءَكُمْwanisāakumand your women
  17. وَأَنفُسَنَاwa-anfusanāand ourselves
  18. وَأَنفُسَكُمْwa-anfusakumand yourselves
  19. ثُمَّthummathen
  20. نَبْتَهِلْnabtahillet us pray humbly
  21. فَنَجْعَلfanajʿaland [we] invoke
  22. لَّعْنَتَlaʿnatathe curse
  23. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  24. عَلَىʿalāon
  25. ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَl-kādhibīnathe liars

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