Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 65·Madanī

65

لِمَ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمَآ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ وَٱلْإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ أَفَلَا ﴿٦٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

نه بهودی و نه مسیحی

در اخبار اسلامی آمده است که دانشمندان بهود و مسیحیان نجران نرزد پیامبر(ص) به گفت‌وگو و نزاع در بارةٌ حضرت ابراهیم(ع) برخاستند. یهودیان می‌گفتند: او پهودی بود. مسیحیان نیز می‌گفتند: او نصرانی بود. به این ترتیب» هر کدام مدّعی بودند که حضرت ابراهیم از آنهاست تا امتیاز بزرگی برای خود ثابت کنند؛ زیرا از پیامبر بزرگ خدا یعنی ابراهیم(ع) در میان تمام پیروان مذاهب به عظمت یاد می‌شد. این آیه نازل شد و ادعاهای بی‌اساس آنان را تکذیب کرد؛ زیرا او سال‌ها پیش از موسی(ع) و عیسی(ع) می زیسته و تورات و انجیل پس از او نازل شده است. اگر حضرت ابراهیم(ع) بهودی و نصرانی نبود» پس چگونه مسلمان بود؟!: پاسخ این است که مُسلم در اصطلاح قرآن» تنها به معنای پیروان پیامبر اسلام نیست؛ بلکه اسلام به معنای تسلیم مطلق بودن در برابر فرمان خدا و توحید کامل و خالص از هرگونه شرک و دوگانه‌پرستی است که ابراهیم پرچمدار آن بود.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 6 roots in 6 of 15 words

Recitation · 20 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd munfaṣil11
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ3

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

15 words · 67 letters · 3 proper nouns · āyah 65 of 200

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 2:258 · Al-Baqaraclose

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِى حَآجَّ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ فِى رَبِّهِۦٓ أَنْ ءَاتَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُلْكَ إِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّىَ ٱلَّذِى يُحْىِۦ وَيُمِيتُ قَالَ أَنَا۠ أُحْىِۦ وَأُمِيتُ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَأْتِى بِٱلشَّمْسِ مِنَ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ فَأْتِ بِهَا مِنَ ٱلْمَغْرِبِ فَبُهِتَ ٱلَّذِى كَفَرَ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allah had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and…

  • Quran 2:130 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُۥ وَلَقَدِ ٱصْطَفَيْنَٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And who would be averse to the religion of Abraham except one who makes a fool of himself. And We had chosen him in this world, and indeed he, in the Hereafter, will be among the…

  • Quran 16:123 · An-Nahlclose

    ثُمَّ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ أَنِ ٱتَّبِعْ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

    Then We revealed to you, [O Muhammad], to follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of those who associate with Allah.

  • Quran 2:140 · Al-Baqaraclose

    أَمْ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَٱلْأَسْبَاطَ كَانُوا۟ هُودًا أَوْ نَصَٰرَىٰ قُلْ ءَأَنتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ وَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَتَمَ شَهَٰدَةً عِندَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

    Or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants were Jews or Christians? Say, "Are you more knowing or is Allah?" And who is more unjust than one…

  • Quran 6:83 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَتِلْكَ حُجَّتُنَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ نَرْفَعُ دَرَجَٰتٍ مَّن نَّشَآءُ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٌ

    And that was Our [conclusive] argument which We gave Abraham against his people. We raise by degrees whom We will. Indeed, your Lord is Wise and Knowing.

  • Quran 19:46 · Maryamclose

    قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ ءَالِهَتِى يَٰٓإِبْرَٰهِيمُ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَ وَٱهْجُرْنِى مَلِيًّا

    [His father] said, "Have you no desire for my gods, O Abraham? If you do not desist, I will surely stone you, so avoid me a prolonged time."

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:103 shared roots

    لَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكُمْ كِتَٰبًا فِيهِ ذِكْرُكُمْ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-ق-لن-ز-لك-ت-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:762 shared roots

    وَإِذَا لَقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَا بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ قَالُوٓا۟ أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُم بِمَا فَتَحَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لِيُحَآجُّوكُم بِهِۦ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

    ح-ج-جع-ق-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:1652 shared roots

    رُّسُلًا مُّبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ لِلنَّاسِ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ حُجَّةٌۢ بَعْدَ ٱلرُّسُلِ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

    ح-ج-جب-ع-د

  • Al-Hadid 57:172 shared roots

    ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُحْىِ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِهَا قَدْ بَيَّنَّا لَكُمُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-ق-لب-ع-د

  • Yusuf 12:22 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ قُرْءَٰنًا عَرَبِيًّا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-ق-لن-ز-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:633 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّن نَّزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَحْيَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَوْتِهَا لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-ق-لب-ع-دن-ز-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:65?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:65 include Quran 2:258 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 2:130 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 16:123 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 2:140 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 2:258 reads: “Have you not considered the one who argued with Abraham about his Lord [merely] because Allah had given him kingship? When Abraham said, "My Lord is the one who gives life and…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 3:65 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:65 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?”

Which surah is verse 3:65 in?

Quran 3:65 is āyah 65 of Surah Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan), chapter 3 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 200 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 3:65?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 3:65 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 3:65?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:65 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.