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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 78of 200

وَإِنَّ مِنْهُمْ لَفَرِيقًۭا يَلْوُۥنَ أَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِتَحْسَبُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَيَقُولُونَ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقُولُونَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلْكَذِبَ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ﴿٧٨

Translation (Sahih International)

And indeed, there is among them a party who alter the Scripture with their tongues so you may think it is from the Scripture, but it is not from the Scripture. And they say, "This is from Allah," but it is not from Allah. And they speak untruth about Allah while they know.

Word-by-word meaning

وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
لَفَرِيقًۭاlafarīqansurely (is) a group
يَلْوُۥنَyalwūnathey distort
أَلْسِنَتَهُمalsinatahumtheir tongues
بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِbil-kitābiin (reciting) the Book
لِتَحْسَبُوهُlitaḥsabūhuso that you may think it
مِنَmina(is) from
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
وَمَاwamāand not
هُوَhuwait
مِنَmina(is) from
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِl-kitābithe Book
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
هُوَhuwaIt
مِنْmin(is)
عِندِʿindifrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَمَاwamāBut not
هُوَhuwait
مِنْmin(is)
عِندِʿindifrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
وَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaAnd they say
عَلَىʿalāabout
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
ٱلْكَذِبَl-kadhibathe lie
وَهُمْwahumwhile they
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Jews Alter Allah's WordsAllah states that some Jews, may Allah's curses descend on them, distort Allah's Words with their tongues, change them from their appropriate places, and alter their intended meanings. They do this to deceive the ignorant people by making it appear that their words are in the Book of Allah. They attribute their own lies to Allah, even though they know that they have lied and invented falsehood.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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