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Al-Baqarah 101

Ayah 101 of 286 · Medinan

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمۡ رَسُولٞ مِّنۡ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٞ لِّمَا مَعَهُمۡ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٞ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمۡ كَأَنَّهُمۡ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ١٠١

And when a messenger from Allāh came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allāh [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَلَمَّاAnd whenwalammā
  2. جَآءَهُمۡcame to themjāahum
  3. رَسُولٞa Messengerrasūlun
  4. مِّنۡ(of)min
  5. عِندِfromʿindi
  6. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  7. مُصَدِّقٞconfirmingmuṣaddiqun
  8. لِّمَاwhatlimā
  9. مَعَهُمۡ(was) with themmaʿahum
  10. نَبَذَthrew awaynabadha
  11. فَرِيقٞa partyfarīqun
  12. مِّنَofmina
  13. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  14. أُوتُواْwere givenūtū
  15. ٱلۡكِتَٰبَthe Bookl-kitāba
  16. كِتَٰبَ(the) Bookkitāba
  17. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  18. وَرَآءَbehindwarāa
  19. ظُهُورِهِمۡtheir backsẓuhūrihim
  20. كَأَنَّهُمۡas if theyka-annahum
  21. لَا(do) notlā
  22. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

When Muhammad (peace be upon him) came to them as a prophet from Allah, and he fitted the Torah’s description of him, a group of them turned away from the scripture that showed this, throwing it behind their backs, unmindful of it, not benefitting from its truth or guidance, like fools.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran