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Surah An-Nur, Verse 48

سورة النور، الآية ٤٨

24:48 Juz 18 Hizb 36 Page 356 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 24:48

وَإِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ۝٤٨

Transliteration

wa-idhā duʿū ilā l-lahi warasūlihi liyaḥkuma baynahum idhā farīqun min'hum muʿ'riḍūna

Translation

And when they are called to [the words of] Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them, at once a party of them turns aside [in refusal].

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Verse 48 of Surah An-Nur (24:48), a Medinan surah, is in juz 18, on page 356 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 72 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 48

Al-Mukhtasar

And if these hypocrites are called to Allah and the Messenger so that the Messenger can pass Judgement between them in matters they dispute among themselves, they will reject his Judgement due to their hypocrisy.

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Other translations of verse 48

When they are called to Allah and His Messenger so that he may judge between them, a party of them turns away.

And when they are called to Allâh (i.e. His Words, the Qur’ân) and His Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم), to judge between them, lo! a party of them refuses (to come) and turns away.

And when they appeal unto Allah and His messenger to judge between them, lo! a faction of them are averse;

When they are summoned to Allah and His messenger, in order that He may judge between them, behold some of them decline (to come).

And when they are called to Allah and His Messenger that he may judge between them, lo! a party of them turn aside.

And when they are called to Allah and His Messenger that he (The Messenger) may judge between them, only then are a group of them veering away (from it).

Verse 48 word by word

  1. وَإِذَا wa-idhā And when
  2. دُعُوٓا۟ duʿū they are called د ع و
  3. إِلَى ilā to
  4. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi Allah
  5. وَرَسُولِهِۦ warasūlihi and His Messenger ر س ل
  6. لِيَحْكُمَ liyaḥkuma to judge ح ك م
  7. بَيْنَهُمْ baynahum between them ب ي ن
  8. إِذَا idhā behold
  9. فَرِيقٌ farīqun a party ف ر ق
  10. مِّنْهُم min'hum of them
  11. مُّعْرِضُونَ muʿ'riḍūna (is) averse ع ر ض

Verses related to verse 48

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Nisa 4:60–61

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ مِن قَبْلِكَ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَتَحَاكَمُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ وَقَدْ أُمِرُوٓا۟ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِهِۦ وَيُرِيدُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَن يُضِلَّهُمْ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا …

    Have you not seen those who claim to have believed in what was revealed to you, [O Muḥammad], and what was revealed before you? They wish to refer legislation to ṭāghūt, while they were commanded to reject it; and Satan wishes to lead them far astray. …

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  • An-Nur 24:51

    إِنَّمَا كَانَ قَوْلَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِذَا دُعُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

    The only statement of the [true] believers when they are called to Allāh and His Messenger to judge between them is that they say, "We hear and we obey." And those are the successful.

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