The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:65

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Arabic English Morphology
O People Noun
(of) the Book Noun
لِمَ lima
Why Noun
تُحَآجُّونَ tuḥājjūna
(do) you argue V
فِىٓ
concerning Prep
Ibrahim Noun
وَمَآ wamā
while not Prep
was revealed V
the Taurat Noun
and the Injeel Noun
إِلَّا illā
except Prep
مِنۢ min
from Prep
after him Noun
Then why don't Prep
you use your intellect V

People of the Book, why do you argue about Abraham when the Torah and the Gospels were not revealed until after his time? Do you not understand

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

یَـٰۤأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تُحَاۤجُّونَ فِیۤ إِبۡرَ ٰهِیمَ وَمَاۤ أُنزِلَتِ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُ وَٱلۡإِنجِیلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعۡدِهِۦۤۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ۝٦٥

yāahla l-kitābi lima tuḥājjūna fī ib'rāhīma wamā unzilati l-tawrātu wal-injīlu illā min baʿdihi afalā taʿqilūn