Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
And [so it is that] whenever they are summoned unto God and His Apostle in order that [the divine writ] might judge between them, lo! some of them turn away
Arthur John Arberry
When they are called to God and His Messenger that he may judge between them, lo, a party of them are swerving aside
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
When they are summoned to Allah and His messenger, in order that He may judge between them, behold some of them decline (to come)
Arabic
وَإِذَا دُعُوۤا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ لِیَحۡكُمَ بَیۡنَهُمۡ إِذَا فَرِیقࣱ مِّنۡهُم مُّعۡرِضُونَ ٤٨
Transliteration (2021)
wa-idhā duʿū ilā l-lahi warasūlihi liyaḥkuma baynahum idhā farīqun min'hum muʿ'riḍūn