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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 176of 286

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍۢ﴿١٧٦

Translation (Sahih International)

That is [deserved by them] because Allah has sent down the Book in truth. And indeed, those who differ over the Book are in extreme dissension.

Word-by-word meaning

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّbi-anna(is) because
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
نَزَّلَnazzalarevealed
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗbil-ḥaqiwith [the] Truth
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose
ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūwho differed
فِىin
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
شِقَاقٍۭshiqāqinschism
بَعِيدٍۢbaʿīdinfar

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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