Surah Ali 'Imran, Ayah 70 (3:70)

آلِ عِمْرَان

يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بَِٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

Quran 3:70 is ayah 70 of Surah Ali 'Imran (“Family of Imran”), a Medinan surah of 200 ayahs. It is in Juz 3, on page 58 of the Madani Mushaf.

3:70
يَٰٓأَهْلَٱلْكِتَٰبِلِمَتَكْفُرُونَبَِٔايَٰتِٱللَّهِوَأَنتُمْتَشْهَدُونَ٧٠
yāahla l-kitābi lima takfurūna biāyāti l-lahi wa-antum tashhadūna

O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allāh while you witness [to their truth]?(70)

Word by word

  1. يَٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
  2. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
  3. لِمَlimaWhy do
  4. تَكْفُرُونَtakfurūnayou deny
  5. بَِٔايَٰتِbiāyāti[in] the Signs
  6. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  7. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumwhile you
  8. تَشْهَدُونَtashhadūnabear witness

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