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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 105of 286

مَّا يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَلَا ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ خَيْرٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ يَخْتَصُّ بِرَحْمَتِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ ذُو ٱلْفَضْلِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ﴿١٠٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Neither those who disbelieve from the People of the Scripture nor the polytheists wish that any good should be sent down to you from your Lord. But Allah selects for His mercy whom He wills, and Allah is the possessor of great bounty.

Word-by-word meaning

مَّا(Do) not
يَوَدُّyawaddulike
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieve
مِنْminfrom
أَهْلِahli(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
وَلَاwalāand not
ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَl-mush'rikīnathose who associate partners (with Allah)
أَنanthat
يُنَزَّلَyunazzala(there should) be sent down
عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumto you
مِّنْminany
خَيْرٍۢkhayringood
مِّنminfrom
رَّبِّكُمْ ۗrabbikumyour Lord
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
يَخْتَصُّyakhtaṣṣuchooses
بِرَحْمَتِهِۦbiraḥmatihifor His Mercy
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
ذُوdhū(is the) Possessor
ٱلْفَضْلِl-faḍli(of) [the] Bounty
ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi[the] Great

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Manners in SpeechAllah forbade His believing servants from imitating the behavior and deeds of the disbelievers. The Jews used to use devious words that hide what they really meant. May Allah's curse be upon them. When they wanted to say, `hear us,' they would use the word Ra`ina, which is an insult (in Hebrew, but means `hear us' in Arabic).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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