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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 59of 286

فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَنزَلْنَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رِجْزًۭا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ﴿٥٩

Translation (Sahih International)

But those who wronged changed [those words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them, so We sent down upon those who wronged a punishment from the sky because they were defiantly disobeying.

Word-by-word meaning

فَبَدَّلَfabaddalaBut changed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
قَوْلًاqawlan(the) word
غَيْرَghayraother (than)
ٱلَّذِىalladhī(that) which
قِيلَqīlawas said
لَهُمْlahumto them
فَأَنزَلْنَاfa-anzalnāso We sent down
عَلَىʿalāupon
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ظَلَمُوا۟ẓalamūwronged
رِجْزًۭاrij'zana punishment
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe sky
بِمَاbimābecause
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَفْسُقُونَyafsuqūnadefiantly disobeying

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Jews were Rebellious instead of Appreciative when They gained VictoryAllah admonished the Jews for avoiding Jihad and not entering the holy land as they had been ordered to do when they came from Egypt with Musa. They were also commanded to fight the disbelieving `Amaliq (Canaanites) dwelling in the holy land at that time. But they did not want to fight, because they were weak and exhausted.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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