And We did certainly give Moses the Scripture [i.e., the Torah] and followed up after him with messengers. And We gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear proofs and supported him with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel]. But is it [not] that every time a messenger came to you, [O Children of Israel], with what your souls did not desire, you were arrogant? And a party [of messengers] you denied and another party you killed.
أَفَكُلَّمَاIs it (not) so (that) wheneverafakullamā
جَآءَكُمۡcame to youjāakum
رَسُولُۢa Messengerrasūlun
بِمَاwith whatbimā
لَا(does) notlā
تَهۡوَىٰٓdesiretahwā
أَنفُسُكُمُyourselvesanfusukumu
ٱسۡتَكۡبَرۡتُمۡyou acted arrogantlyis'takbartum
فَفَرِيقٗاSo a partyfafarīqan
كَذَّبۡتُمۡyou deniedkadhabtum
وَفَرِيقٗاand a partywafarīqan
تَقۡتُلُونَyou kill(ed)taqtulūna
Tafsir
Allah gave Moses the Torah, and followed him with other messengers. He gave Jesus, the son of Mary, clear signs of the truth of what he came with, such as bringing the dead back to life and healing the blind and the lepers, and He strengthened him with the angel Gabriel, the Holy Spirit (peace be upon him). Yet is it, O Israelites, that whenever a messenger comes to you from Allah with what does not agree with your whims, you become full of pride towards the truth, looking down on the messengers of Allah? Do you reject a group of them and kill a group of them?