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Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 51 (4:51)

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أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّٰغُوتِ …

Quran 4:51 is ayah 51 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 5, on page 86 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:51
أَلَمْتَرَإِلَىٱلَّذِينَأُوتُوا۟نَصِيبًامِّنَٱلْكِتَٰبِيُؤْمِنُونَبِٱلْجِبْتِوَٱلطَّٰغُوتِوَيَقُولُونَلِلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟هَٰٓؤُلَآءِأَهْدَىٰمِنَٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟سَبِيلًا٥١
alam tara ilā alladhīna ūtū naṣīban mina l-kitābi yu'minūna bil-jib'ti wal-ṭāghūti wayaqūlūna lilladhīna kafarū hāulāi ahdā mina alladhīna āmanū sabīlan

Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, who believe in jibt [superstition] and ṭāghūt [false objects of worship] and say about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"?(51)

Word by word

  1. أَلَمْalamDo not
  2. تَرَtarayou see
  3. إِلَىilā[towards]
  4. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  5. أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
  6. نَصِيبًاnaṣībana portion
  7. مِّنَminaof
  8. ٱلْكِتَٰبِl-kitābithe Book
  9. يُؤْمِنُونَyu'minūnaThey believe
  10. بِٱلْجِبْتِbil-jib'tiin the superstition
  11. وَٱلطَّٰغُوتِwal-ṭāghūtiand the false deities
  12. وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they say
  13. لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those who
  14. كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve[d]
  15. هَٰٓؤُلَآءِhāulāiThese
  16. أَهْدَىٰahdā(are) better guided
  17. مِنَminathan
  18. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  19. ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
  20. سَبِيلًاsabīlan(as to the) way

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