ٱلنِّسَاء : ٥١

  • أَلَمۡ Do not
  • تَرَ you see
  • إِلَى [towards]
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • أُوتُواْ were given
  • نَصِيبٗا a portion
  • مِّنَ of
  • ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ the Book
  • يُؤۡمِنُونَ They believe
  • بِٱلۡجِبۡتِ in the superstition
  • وَٱلطَّـٰغُوتِ and the false deities
  • وَيَقُولُونَ and they say
  • لِلَّذِينَ for those who
  • كَفَرُواْ disbelieve[d]
  • هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ These
  • أَهۡدَىٰ (are) better guided
  • مِنَ than
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • ءَامَنُواْ believe[d]
  • سَبِيلًا (as to the) way
Have you not seen those who were given a portion of the Scripture, who believe in jibt [superstition] and ṭāghūt [false objects of worship] and say about the disbelievers, "These are better guided than the believers as to the way"?
The following was revealed regarding Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf and other such scholars from among the Jews, when they came to Mecca and ﷺ those killed at Badr, and began to incite the idolaters to avenge them [their dead] by waging war against the Prophet may peace and salutation be upon him: Have you not seen those who were given a share of the Book, how they believe in al-Jibt and al-Taaghoot, two idols belonging to Quraysh, and say to the disbelievers, to Aboo Sufyaan and his companions, when they [the latter] said to them: 'Are we, who are the guardians of the House, who give drink to the pilgrim, offer hospitality to the guest, set free the captive, and do such and such . not more rightly guided than Muhammad, he who has contravened the religion of his forefathers, severed the ties of kinship, and abandoned the Sanctuary?', 'These, in other words, you, are more rightly guided, upon a more upright way, than the believers'?