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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 93of 200

۞ كُلُّ ٱلطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّۭا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ ۗ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ فَٱتْلُوهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ﴿٩٣

Translation (Sahih International)

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel had made unlawful to himself before the Torah was revealed. Say, [O Muhammad], "So bring the Torah and recite it, if you should be truthful."

Word-by-word meaning

۞ كُلُّkulluAll
ٱلطَّعَامِl-ṭaʿāmi[the] food
كَانَkānawas
حِلًّۭاḥillanlawful
لِّبَنِىٓlibanīfor (the) Children
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَاwhat
حَرَّمَḥarramamade unlawful
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلُis'rāīluIsrael
عَلَىٰʿalāupon
نَفْسِهِۦnafsihihimself
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِqablibefore
أَنan[that]
تُنَزَّلَtunazzala(was) revealed
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ ۗl-tawrātuthe Taurat
قُلْqulSay
فَأْتُوا۟fatūSo bring
بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِbil-tawrātithe Taurat
فَٱتْلُوهَآfa-it'lūhāand recite it
إِنinif
كُنتُمْkuntumyou are
صَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Questions that the Jews Asked Our ProphetImam Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "A group of Jews came to Allah's Prophet and said, `Talk to us about some things we will ask you and which only a Prophet would know.' He said, `Ask me about whatever you wish. However, give your pledge to Allah, similar to the pledge that Ya`qub took from his children, that if I tell you something and you recognize its truth, you will follow me in Islam.' They said, `Agreed.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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