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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

Al-Ma'idah 5:73

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لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَـٰثَةٍ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَـٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ ۚ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا۟ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allāh is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

لقد كفر من النصارى من قال: إنَّ الله مجموع ثلاثة أشياء: هي الأب، والابن، وروح القدس. أما عَلِمَ هؤلاء النصارى أنه ليس للناس سوى معبود واحد، لم يلد ولم يولد، وإن لم ينته أصحاب هذه المقالة عن افترائهم وكذبهم ليُصِيبَنَّهم عذاب مؤلم موجع بسبب كفرهم بالله.

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