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An-Nahl 118

Ayah 118 of 128 · Meccan

وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُواْ حَرَّمۡنَا مَا قَصَصۡنَا عَلَيۡكَ مِن قَبۡلُۖ وَمَا ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓاْ أَنفُسَهُمۡ يَظۡلِمُونَ ١١٨

And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before.1 And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See 6:146.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَعَلَىAnd towaʿalā
  2. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  3. هَادُواْare Jewshādū
  4. حَرَّمۡنَاWe have forbiddenḥarramnā
  5. مَاwhatmā
  6. قَصَصۡنَاWe relatedqaṣaṣnā
  7. عَلَيۡكَto youʿalayka
  8. مِنbeforemin
  9. قَبۡلُۖbeforeqablu
  10. وَمَاAnd notwamā
  11. ظَلَمۡنَٰهُمۡWe wronged themẓalamnāhum
  12. وَلَٰكِنbutwalākin
  13. كَانُوٓاْthey used (to)kānū
  14. أَنفُسَهُمۡthemselvesanfusahum
  15. يَظۡلِمُونَwrongyaẓlimūna

Tafsir

I had made unlawful for the Jews in particular what I had told you about (in verse146 of Sūrah Al-An’am). I did not wrong them by making that unlawful, but they wronged themselves when they committed the causes for retribution. I thus recompensed them for their transgression and I made that unlawful for them as a punishment.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran