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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 72of 200

وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَجْهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ﴿٧٢

Translation (Sahih International)

And a faction of the People of the Scripture say [to each other], "Believe in that which was revealed to the believers at the beginning of the day and reject it at its end that perhaps they will abandon their religion,

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَتwaqālatAnd said
طَّآئِفَةٌۭṭāifatuna group
مِّنْminof
أَهْلِahli(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābi(of) the Book
ءَامِنُوا۟āminūBelieve
بِٱلَّذِىٓbi-alladhīin what
أُنزِلَunzilawas revealed
عَلَىʿalāon
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
وَجْهَwajha(at the) beginning
ٱلنَّهَارِl-nahāri(of) the day
وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟wa-uk'furūand reject
ءَاخِرَهُۥākhirahu(at) its end
لَعَلَّهُمْlaʿallahumperhaps they may
يَرْجِعُونَyarjiʿūnareturn

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Envy the Jews Feel Towards Muslims; Their Wicked Plots Against MuslimsAllah states that the Jews envy the faithful and wish they could misguide them. Allah states that the punishment of this behavior will fall back upon them, while they are unaware. Allah criticizes them,يأَهْلَ الْكِتَـبِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِأَيَـتِ اللَّهِ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ(O People of the Scripture!: Why do you disbelieve in the Ayat of Allah, while you bear witness.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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