The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:72

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Arabic English Morphology
وَقَالَت waqālat
And said V
a group Noun
of Prep
(the) People Noun
(of) the Book Noun
Believe V
بِٱلَّذِىٓ bi-alladhī
in what Noun
was revealed V
عَلَى ʿalā
on Prep
ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna
those who Noun
believe[d] V
وَجْهَ wajha
(at the) beginning Noun
(of) the day Noun
and reject V
(at) its end Noun
perhaps they may Prep
return V

Some of the People of the Book say, ‘At the beginning of the day, believe in what has been revealed to these believers [the Muslims], then at the end of the day reject it, so that they too may turn back

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

وَقَالَت طَّاۤىِٕفَةࣱ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ ٱلۡكِتَـٰبِ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِیۤ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِینَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَجۡهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكۡفُرُوۤا۟ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمۡ یَرۡجِعُونَ ۝٧٢

waqālat ṭāifatun min ahli l-kitābi āminū bi-alladhī unzila ʿalā alladhīna āmanū wajha l-nahāri wa-uk'furū ākhirahu laʿallahum yarjiʿūn