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Al-Ma'idah 5:50

أَفَحُكۡمَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِ يَبۡغُونَۚ وَمَنۡ أَحۡسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حُكۡمٗا لِّقَوۡمٖ يُوقِنُونَ

Is it the judgment of ˹pre-Islamic˺ ignorance they seek? Who could be a better judge than Allah for people of sure faith?

Word by word

أَفَحُكۡمَ
afaḥuk'ma
Is it then the judgment
Vocabulary
Root: حكم
ٱلۡجَٰهِلِيَّةِ
l-jāhiliyati
of [the] ignorance
Vocabulary
Root: جهل
يَبۡغُونَۚ
yabghūna
they seek
Vocabulary
Root: بغي
وَمَنۡ
waman
And who (is)
Vocabulary
أَحۡسَنُ
aḥsanu
better
Vocabulary
Root: حسن
مِنَ
mina
than
Vocabulary
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
حُكۡمٗا
ḥuk'man
(in) judgment
Vocabulary
Root: حكم
لِّقَوۡمٖ
liqawmin
for a people
Vocabulary
Root: قوم
يُوقِنُونَ
yūqinūna
(who) firmly believe
Vocabulary
Root: يقن

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.