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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 183of 200

ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَآ أَلَّا نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍۢ تَأْكُلُهُ ٱلنَّارُ ۗ قُلْ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رُسُلٌۭ مِّن قَبْلِى بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَبِٱلَّذِى قُلْتُمْ فَلِمَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿١٨٣

Translation (Sahih International)

[They are] those who said, "Indeed, Allah has taken our promise not to believe any messenger until he brings us an offering which fire [from heaven] will consume." Say, "There have already come to you messengers before me with clear proofs and [even] that of which you speak. So why did you kill them, if you should be truthful?"

Word-by-word meaning

ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnaThose who
قَالُوٓا۟qālūsaid
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
عَهِدَʿahida(has) taken promise
إِلَيْنَآilaynāfrom us
أَلَّاallāthat not
نُؤْمِنَnu'minawe (should) believe
لِرَسُولٍlirasūlinin a Messenger
حَتَّىٰḥattāuntil
يَأْتِيَنَاyatiyanāhe brings to us
بِقُرْبَانٍۢbiqur'bānina sacrifice
تَأْكُلُهُtakuluhuconsumes it
ٱلنَّارُ ۗl-nāruthe fire
قُلْqulSay
قَدْqadSurely
جَآءَكُمْjāakumcame to you
رُسُلٌۭrusulunMessengers
مِّنminfrom
قَبْلِىqablībefore me
بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِbil-bayinātiwith the clear Signs
وَبِٱلَّذِىwabi-alladhīand with what
قُلْتُمْqul'tumyou speak
فَلِمَfalimaSo why
قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْqataltumūhumyou killed them
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Allah Warns the IdolatorsSa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "When Allah's statement, مَّن ذَا الَّذِى يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً(Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan so that He may multiply it to him many times) 2:245 was revealed, the Jews said, `O Muhammad! Has your Lord become poor so that He asks His servants to give Him a loan' Allah sent down, لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَ...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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