Judgment with truth
Arabic, transliteration, meaning, and source.
qadi if'taraynā ʿalā l-lahi kadhiban in ʿud'nā fī millatikum baʿda idh najjānā l-lahu min'hā wamā yakūnu lanā an naʿūda fīhā illā an yashāa l-lahu rabbunā wasiʿa rabbunā kulla shayin ʿil'man ʿalā l-lahi tawakkalnā rabbanā if'taḥ baynanā wabayna qawminā bil-ḥaqi wa-anta khayru l-fātiḥīna
Meaning
We would have invented against Allah a lie if we returned to your religion after Allah had saved us from it. And it is not for us to return to it except that Allah, our Lord, should will. Our Lord has encompassed all things in knowledge. Upon Allah we have relied. Our Lord, decide between us and our people in truth, and You are the best of those who give decision
Word by word
- قَدِqadiVerily
- ٱفْتَرَيْنَاif'taraynāwe would have fabricated
- عَلَىʿalāagainst
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- كَذِبًاkadhibana lie
- إِنْinif
- عُدْنَاʿud'nāwe returned
- فِىfīin
- مِلَّتِكُمmillatikumyour religion
- بَعْدَbaʿdaafter
- إِذْidh[when]
- نَجَّىٰنَاnajjānāsaved us
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- مِنْهَا ۚmin'hāfrom it
- وَمَاwamāAnd not
- يَكُونُyakūnuit is
- لَنَآlanāfor us
- أَنanthat
- نَّعُودَnaʿūdawe return
- فِيهَآfīhāin it
- إِلَّآillāexcept
- أَنanthat
- يَشَآءَyashāawills
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- رَبُّنَا ۚrabbunāour Lord
- وَسِعَwasiʿaEncompasses
- رَبُّنَاrabbunā(by) Our Lord
- كُلَّkullaevery
- شَىْءٍshayinthing
- عِلْمًا ۚʿil'man(in) knowledge
- عَلَىʿalāUpon
- ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
- تَوَكَّلْنَا ۚtawakkalnāwe put our trust
- رَبَّنَاrabbanāOur Lord
- ٱفْتَحْif'taḥDecide
- بَيْنَنَاbaynanābetween us
- وَبَيْنَwabaynaand between
- قَوْمِنَاqawmināour people
- بِٱلْحَقِّbil-ḥaqiin truth
- وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
- خَيْرُkhayru(are the) Best
- ٱلْفَـٰتِحِينَl-fātiḥīna(of) those who Decide
Reference
Source: Quran 7:89.
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