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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

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يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَتِ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ وَٱلْإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ﴿٦٥

Translation (Sahih International)

O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham while the Torah and the Gospel were not revealed until after him? Then will you not reason?

Word-by-word meaning

يَـٰٓأَهْلَyāahlaO People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
لِمَlimaWhy
تُحَآجُّونَtuḥājjūna(do) you argue
فِىٓconcerning
إِبْرَٰهِيمَib'rāhīmaIbrahim
وَمَآwamāwhile not
أُنزِلَتِunzilatiwas revealed
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُl-tawrātuthe Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلُwal-injīluand the Injeel
إِلَّاillāexcept
مِنۢminfrom
بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚbaʿdihiafter him
أَفَلَاafalāThen why don't
تَعْقِلُونَtaʿqilūnayou use your intellect

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Disputing with the Jews and Christians About the Religion of IbrahimAllah censures the Jews and Christians for their dispute with Muslims over Ibrahim Al-Khalil and the claim each group made that he was one of them. Muhammad bin Ishaq bin Yasar reported that Ibn `Abbas said, "The Christians of Najran and Jewish rabbis gathered before the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and disputed in front of him. The rabbis said, `Ibrahim was certainly Jewish.' The Christians said, `Certainly, Ibrahim was Christian.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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