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At-Tawbah (The Repentance)

Verse 30of 129

وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ عُزَيْرٌ ٱبْنُ ٱللَّهِ وَقَالَتِ ٱلنَّصَٰرَى ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ ٱللَّهِ ۖ ذَٰلِكَ قَوْلُهُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۖ يُضَٰهِـُٔونَ قَوْلَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ۚ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ﴿٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

The Jews say, "Ezra is the son of Allah "; and the Christians say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah." That is their statement from their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved [before them]. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd said
ٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūduthe Jews
عُزَيْرٌʿuzayrunUzair
ٱبْنُub'nu(is) son
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd said
ٱلنَّصَـٰرَىl-naṣārāthe Christians
ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥuMessiah
ٱبْنُub'nu(is) son
ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahi(of) Allah
ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
قَوْلُهُمqawluhum(is) their saying
بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ ۖbi-afwāhihimwith their mouths
يُضَـٰهِـُٔونَyuḍāhiūnathey imitate
قَوْلَqawlathe saying
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
مِنminbefore
قَبْلُ ۚqablubefore
قَـٰتَلَهُمُqātalahumu(May) Allah destroy them
ٱللَّهُ ۚl-lahu(May) Allah destroy them
أَنَّىٰannāHow
يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnadeluded are they

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Fighting the Jews and Christians is legislated because They are Idolators and DisbelieversAllah the Exalted encourages the believers to fight the polytheists, disbelieving Jews and Christians, who uttered this terrible statement and utter lies against Allah, the Exalted. As for the Jews, they claimed that `Uzayr was the son of God, Allah is free of what they attribute to Him. As for the misguidance of Christians over `Isa, it is obvious.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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