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Al-Baqarah 75

Ayah 75 of 286 · Medinan

۞ أَفَتَطۡمَعُونَ أَن يُؤۡمِنُواْ لَكُمۡ وَقَدۡ كَانَ فَرِيقٞ مِّنۡهُمۡ يَسۡمَعُونَ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمۡ يَعۡلَمُونَ ٧٥

Do you covet [the hope, O believers], that they would believe for you while a party of them used to hear the words of Allāh and then distort it [i.e., the Torah] after they had understood it while they were knowing?

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ أَفَتَطۡمَعُونَDo you hopeafataṭmaʿūna
  2. أَنthatan
  3. يُؤۡمِنُواْthey will believeyu'minū
  4. لَكُمۡ[for] youlakum
  5. وَقَدۡwhile indeedwaqad
  6. كَانَ(there) has beenkāna
  7. فَرِيقٞa partyfarīqun
  8. مِّنۡهُمۡof themmin'hum
  9. يَسۡمَعُونَ(who used to) hearyasmaʿūna
  10. كَلَٰمَ(the) wordskalāma
  11. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  12. ثُمَّthenthumma
  13. يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥthey distort ityuḥarrifūnahu
  14. مِنۢfrommin
  15. بَعۡدِafterbaʿdi
  16. مَا[what]mā
  17. عَقَلُوهُthey understood itʿaqalūhu
  18. وَهُمۡwhile theywahum
  19. يَعۡلَمُونَknowyaʿlamūna

Tafsir

O believers, do not expect, after knowing their true nature and how stubborn they are, that they will be truthful and respond to you. A group of their scholars heard the word of Allah, revealed to them in the Torah, and then changed its words and meanings after they had understood what it really meant; and they did this fully aware of the seriousness of the crime.

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