Sura 3 Ali 'Imran (Family of Imran), ayah 183
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الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا أَلَّا نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍ تَأْكُلُهُ النَّارُ ۗ قُلْ قَدْ جَاءَكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِنْ قَبْلِي بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَبِالَّذِي قُلْتُمْ فَلِمَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ
Translation by words
- ٱلَّذِينَ
- Those who
- قَالُوٓا۟
- said,
- إِنَّ
- "Indeed
- ٱللَّهَ
- Allah
- عَهِدَ
- (has) taken promise
- إِلَيْنَآ
- from us
- أَلَّا
- that not
- نُؤْمِنَ
- we (should) believe
- لِرَسُولٍ
- in a Messenger
- حَتَّىٰ
- until
- يَأْتِيَنَا
- he brings to us
- بِقُرْبَانٍ
- a sacrifice -
- تَأْكُلُهُ
- consumes it
- ٱلنَّارُ
- the fire."
- قُلْ
- Say,
- قَدْ
- "Surely
- جَآءَكُمْ
- came to you
- رُسُلٌ
- Messengers
- مِّن
- from
- قَبْلِى
- before me
- بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ
- with the clear Signs
- وَبِٱلَّذِى
- and with what
- قُلْتُمْ
- you speak.
- فَلِمَ
- So why
- قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ
- you killed them,
- إِن
- if
- كُنتُمْ
- you are
- صَٰدِقِينَ
- truthful.
(They are) those who said, "Indeed, Allah has taken our promise not to believe any messenger until he brings us an offering which fire (from heaven) will consume." Say, "There have already come to you messengers before me with clear proofs and (even) that of which you speak. So why did you kill them, if you should be truthful?"
3:183
Translation: Saheeh International