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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 113of 286

وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ لَيْسَتِ ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ وَقَالَتِ ٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ لَيْسَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ وَهُمْ يَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ۗ كَذَٰلِكَ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ مِثْلَ قَوْلِهِمْ ۚ فَٱللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فِيمَا كَانُوا۟ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ﴿١١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

The Jews say "The Christians have nothing [true] to stand on," and the Christians say, "The Jews have nothing to stand on," although they [both] recite the Scripture. Thus the polytheists speak the same as their words. But Allah will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that over which they used to differ.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd said
ٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūduthe Jews
لَيْسَتِlaysatiNot
ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰl-naṣārāthe Christians
عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
وَقَالَتِwaqālatiand said
ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰl-naṣārāthe Christians
لَيْسَتِlaysatiNot
ٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūduthe Jews
عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
شَىْءٍۢshayinanything
وَهُمْwahumalthough they
يَتْلُونَyatlūnarecite
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۗl-kitābathe Book
كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaLike that
قَالَqālasaid
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
لَا(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
مِثْلَmith'lasimilar
قَوْلِهِمْ ۚqawlihimtheir saying
فَٱللَّهُfal-lahu[So] Allah
يَحْكُمُyaḥkumuwill judge
بَيْنَهُمْbaynahumbetween them
يَوْمَyawma(on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِl-qiyāmati(of) Resurrection
فِيمَاfīmāin what
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
فِيهِfīhi[in it]
يَخْتَلِفُونَyakhtalifūnadiffering

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Hopes of the People of the BookAllah made the confusion of the Jews and the Christians clear, since they claim that no one will enter Paradise, unless he is a Jew or a Christian. Similarly, Allah mentioned their claims in Surat Al-Ma'idah:نَحْنُ أَبْنَاءُ اللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّاؤُهُ(We are the children of Allah and His loved ones) (5:18).Allah refuted this false claim and informed them that they will be punished because of their sins.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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