سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 51
أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْجِبْتِ وَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ وَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ أَهْدَىٰ مِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ سَبِيلًا ﴿51﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture? They believe in Jibt and Tâghût and say to the disbelievers that they are better guided as regards the way than the believers (Muslims).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
أَلَمْ
alam
Do not
تَرَ
tara
you see
إِلَى
ilā
[towards]
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
نَصِيبًۭا
naṣīban
a portion
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
يُؤْمِنُونَ
yu'minūna
They believe
بِٱلْجِبْتِ
bil-jib'ti
in the superstition
وَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ
wal-ṭāghūti
and the false deities
وَيَقُولُونَ
wayaqūlūna
and they say
لِلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
for those who
كَفَرُوا۟
kafarū
disbelieve[d]
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
These
أَهْدَىٰ
ahdā
(are) better guided
مِنَ
mina
than
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
سَبِيلًا
sabīlan
(as to the) way
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
51. 1. In this verse, astonishment is being expressed at another action of the Jews: despite being People of the Book, they believe in (جبت) idols, soothsayers, or magicians (false deities), and consider the disbelievers of Makkah to be more rightly guided than the Muslims. All these aforementioned meanings have been given for جبت. In a hadith it is mentioned: "ان العیافۃ والطرق والطیرۃ من الجبت" — "Taking omens from birds, drawing lines, taking bad omens" — that is, all these are satanic acts, and these things were common among the Jews. One meaning of طاغوت is also given as Satan; in reality, the worship of false deities is actually following Satan. Therefore, Satan is certainly included in the meaning of طاغوت.
