وَإِذَا قِیلَ لَهُمۡ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَاۤ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ نُؤۡمِنُ بِمَاۤ أُنزِلَ عَلَیۡنَا وَیَكۡفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَاۤءَهُۥ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مُصَدِّقࣰا لِّمَا مَعَهُمۡۗ قُلۡ فَلِمَ تَقۡتُلُونَ أَنۢبِیَاۤءَ ٱللَّهِ مِن قَبۡلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِینَ ۝٩١
wa-idhā qīla lahum āminū bimā anzala l-lahu qālū nu'minu bimā unzila ʿalaynā wayakfurūna bimā warāahu wahuwa l-ḥaqu muṣaddiqan limā maʿahum qul falima taqtulūna anbiyāa l-lahi min qablu in kuntum mu'minīn
Abdel Haleem: When it is said to them, ‘Believe in God’s revelations,’ they reply, ‘We believe in what was revealed to us,’ but they do not believe in what came afterwards, though it is the truth confirming what they already have. Say [Muhammad], ‘Why did you kill God’s prophets in the past if you were true believers

Interlinear Analysis

1
wa-idhā
إِذا
Root: إ ذ ا
Noun
2
qīla
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
3
لَهُمْ
lahum
Noun
4
āminū
آمَنَ
Root: أ م ن
Verb
5
bimā
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
6
anzala
أَنزَلَ
Root: ن ز ل
Verb
7
l-lahu
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
8
qālū
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
9
nu'minu
آمَنَ
Root: أ م ن
Verb
10
bimā
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
11
unzila
أَنزَلَ
Root: ن ز ل
Verb
12
ʿalaynā
عَلَى
Root: ع ل ي
Prep.
13
wayakfurūna
كَفَرَ
Root: ك ف ر
Verb
14
bimā
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
15
warāahu
وَراء
Root: و ر ي
Noun
16
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
Noun
17
l-ḥaqu
حَقّ
Root: ح ق ق
Noun
18
muṣaddiqan
مُصَدِّق
Root: ص د ق
Noun
19
limā
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
20
maʿahum
مَع
Root: م ع
Noun
21
qul
قالَ
Root: ق و ل
Verb
22
falima
ما
Root: م ا
Noun
23
taqtulūna
قَتَلَ
Root: ق ت ل
Verb
24
anbiyāa
نَبِيّ
Root: ن ب أ
Noun
25
l-lahi
اللَّه
Root: أ ل ه
Noun
26
min
مِن
Root: م ن
Prep.
27
qablu
قَبْل
Root: ق ب ل
Noun
28
in
إِن
Root: ا ن
Prep.
29
kuntum
كانَ
Root: ك و ن
Verb
30
mu'minīna
مُؤْمِن
Root: أ م ن
Noun