كُنتُمۡ
خَيۡرَ
أُمَّةٍ
أُخۡرِجَتۡ
لِلنَّاسِ
تَأۡمُرُونَ
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِ
وَتَنۡهَوۡنَ
عَنِ
ٱلۡمُنكَرِ
وَتُؤۡمِنُونَ
بِٱللَّهِۗ
وَلَوۡ
ءَامَنَ
أَهۡلُ
ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ
لَكَانَ
خَيۡرٗا
لَّهُمۚ
مِّنۡهُمُ
ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنُونَ
وَأَكۡثَرُهُمُ
ٱلۡفَٰسِقُونَ
١١٠
You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong and believe in Allāh. If only the People of the Scripture had believed, it would have been better for them. Among them are believers, but most of them are defiantly disobedient.
Lee Tafsir
Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Virtues of the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ , the Best Nation Ever
Allah states that the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ is the best nation ever,
كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ
(You are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind) 3:110.
Al-Bukhari recorded that Abu Hurayrah commented on this Ayah, "(You, Mu
…Virtues of the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ , the Best Nation Ever
Allah states that the Ummah of Muhammad ﷺ is the best nation ever,
كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْ
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