Qur'an Verse of the Day
Tuesday 18th August 2026 Today
Chapter 3, Verse 74
وَلَا تُؤۡمِنُوۡۤا اِلَّا لِمَنۡ تَبِعَ دِیۡنَکُمۡ ؕ قُلۡ اِنَّ الۡہُدٰی ہُدَی اللّٰہِ ۙ اَنۡ یُّؤۡتٰۤی اَحَدٌ مِّثۡلَ مَاۤ اُوۡتِیۡتُمۡ اَوۡ یُحَآجُّوۡکُمۡ عِنۡدَ رَبِّکُمۡ ؕ قُلۡ اِنَّ الۡفَضۡلَ بِیَدِ اللّٰہِ ۚ یُؤۡتِیۡہِ مَنۡ یَّشَآءُ ؕ وَاللّٰہُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِیۡمٌ ﴿ۚۙ۷۴﴾
English Translation
‘And obey none but him who follows your religion;’ — Say, ‘Surely, the true guidance, the guidance of Allah, is that one may be given the like of that which has been given to you’ — ‘or they would dispute with you before your Lord.’ Say, ‘All bounty is in the hand of Allah. He gives it to whomsoever He pleases. And Allah is Bountiful, All-Knowing.
‘And [a]obey none but him who follows your religion.’—Say, ‘Surely, true guidance—the guidance of Allah, is, that one be given the like of that which has been given to you’—‘or [b]they would argue[428A] with you before your Lord.’ Say, ‘All grace[428B] is in the [c]hand of Allah. He gives it to whomsoever He pleases. And Allah is Bountiful, All-Knowing;[428C]
2:121.
2:77.
If we are wrong in holding this view, then they should remove this misunderstanding by some Divine argument.
‘Grace’ here may signify Prophethood.
57:30.
(1) The clause, And obey none but him who follows your religion, constitutes a continuation of the concluding clause of the preceding verse. Thereafter comes the parenthetical clause beginning with the words, Say, surely true guidance—the guidance of Allah—is that one may be given the like of that which has been given to you. Then comes again the speech of the Jews in the words, or they would argue with you before your Lord, the verse finally ending with the Divine commandment: Say, ‘All bounty, etc.‘ This style is peculiar to the Qur’an and is intended to produce a good psychological effect.
(2) According to another interpretation, only the words which in this case would be translated as “Say, the true guidance is the guidance of Allah,” would be considered as being parenthetical and the following words, i.e. that one be given the like of that which has been given to you, …before your Lord, would be taken to form part of the speech of the Jews. (3) Yet according to a third interpretation the speech of the Jews is taken to end with the words, obey none but him who follows your religion, the succeeding clauses being considered to be all Divine speech. See also ‘The Larger Edition of this Commentary.’