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Verse 91of 165

وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ بَشَرٍۢ مِّن شَىْءٍۢ ۗ قُلْ مَنْ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَ بِهِۦ مُوسَىٰ نُورًۭا وَهُدًۭى لِّلنَّاسِ ۖ تَجْعَلُونَهُۥ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيرًۭا ۖ وَعُلِّمْتُم مَّا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنتُمْ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ ۖ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ۖ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِى خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ﴿٩١

Translation (Sahih International)

And they did not appraise Allah with true appraisal when they said, "Allah did not reveal to a human being anything." Say, "Who revealed the Scripture that Moses brought as light and guidance to the people? You [Jews] make it into pages, disclosing [some of] it and concealing much. And you were taught that which you knew not - neither you nor your fathers." Say, "Allah [revealed it]." Then leave them in their [empty] discourse, amusing themselves.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَاwamāAnd not
قَدَرُوا۟qadarūthey appraised
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
حَقَّḥaqqa(with) true
قَدْرِهِۦٓqadrihi[of his] appraisal
إِذْidhwhen
قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
مَآNot
أَنزَلَanzalarevealed
ٱللَّهُl-lahu(by) Allah
عَلَىٰʿalāon
بَشَرٍۢbasharina human being
مِّنmin[of]
شَىْءٍۢ ۗshayinanything
قُلْqulSay
مَنْmanWho
أَنزَلَanzalarevealed
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
ٱلَّذِىalladhīwhich
جَآءَjāabrought
بِهِۦbihi[it]
مُوسَىٰmūsāMusa
نُورًۭاnūran(as) a light
وَهُدًۭىwahudanand guidance
لِّلنَّاسِ ۖlilnnāsifor the people
تَجْعَلُونَهُۥtajʿalūnahuYou make it
قَرَاطِيسَqarāṭīsa(into) parchments
تُبْدُونَهَاtub'dūnahāyou disclose (some of) it
وَتُخْفُونَwatukh'fūnaand you conceal
كَثِيرًۭا ۖkathīranmuch (of it)
وَعُلِّمْتُمwaʿullim'tumAnd you were taught
مَّاwhat
لَمْlamnot
تَعْلَمُوٓا۟taʿlamūknew
أَنتُمْantumyou
وَلَآwalāand not
ءَابَآؤُكُمْ ۖābāukumyour forefathers
قُلِquliSay
ٱللَّهُ ۖl-lahuAllah (revealed it)
ثُمَّthummaThen
ذَرْهُمْdharhumleave them
فِىin
خَوْضِهِمْkhawḍihimtheir discourse
يَلْعَبُونَyalʿabūnaplaying

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Messenger is but a Human to Whom the Book was Revealed by InspirationAllah says that those who rejected His Messengers did not give Allah due consideration. Ibn `Abbas, Mujahid and `Abdullah bin Kathir said that this Ayah was revealed about the Quraysh. It was also said that it was revealed about some Jews.قَالُواْ مَآ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ عَلَى بَشَرٍ مِّن شَىْءٍ(They said: "Nothing did Allah send down to any human being (by inspiration).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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