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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 175of 286

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ فَمَآ أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ﴿١٧٥

Translation (Sahih International)

Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are in pursuit of the Fire!

Word-by-word meaning

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(are) they who
ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ish'tarawūpurchase[d]
ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَl-ḍalālata[the] astraying
بِٱلْهُدَىٰbil-hudāfor [the] Guidance
وَٱلْعَذَابَwal-ʿadhābaand [the] punishment
بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚbil-maghfiratifor [the] forgiveness
فَمَآfamāSo what (is)
أَصْبَرَهُمْaṣbarahumtheir endurance
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلنَّارِl-nārithe Fire

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Criticizing the Jews for concealing what Allah revealedAllah said:إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَكْتُمُونَ مَآ أَنزَلَ اللَّهُ مِنَ الْكِتَـبِ(Verily, those who conceal what Allah has sent down of the Book.) Meaning the Jews who concealed their Book's descriptions of Muhammad ﷺ, all of which testify to his truth as a Messenger and a Prophet. They concealed this information so that they would not lose authority and the position that they had with the Arabs, where they would bring them gifts, and honor them.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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