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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 101of 286

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۭ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌۭ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ﴿١٠١

Translation (Sahih International)

And when a messenger from Allah came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allah behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
جَآءَهُمْjāahumcame to them
رَسُولٌۭrasūluna Messenger
مِّنْmin(of)
عِندِʿindifrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مُصَدِّقٌۭmuṣaddiqunconfirming
لِّمَاlimāwhat
مَعَهُمْmaʿahum(was) with them
نَبَذَnabadhathrew away
فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna party
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
كِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) Book
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَرَآءَwarāabehind
ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Proofs of Muhammad's ﷺ ProphethoodImam Abu Ja`far bin Jarir said that Allah's statement,وَلَقَدْ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ءَايَـتٍ بَيِّنَـتٍ(And indeed We have sent down to you manifest Ayat) means, "We have sent to you, O Muhammad, clear signs that testify to your prophethood." These Ayat are contained in the Book of Allah (Qur'an) which narrates the secrets of the knowledge that the Jews possess, which they hid, and the stories of their earlier generations.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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