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Al-Baqarah 91

Ayah 91 of 286 · Medinan

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُواْ نُؤۡمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيۡنَا وَيَكۡفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَآءَهُۥ وَهُوَ ٱلۡحَقُّ مُصَدِّقٗا لِّمَا مَعَهُمۡۗ قُلۡ فَلِمَ تَقۡتُلُونَ أَنۢبِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ مِن قَبۡلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ٩١

And when it is said to them, "Believe in what Allāh has revealed," they say, "We believe [only] in what was revealed to us." And they disbelieve in what came after it, while it is the truth confirming that which is with them. Say, "Then why did you kill the prophets of Allāh before, if you are [indeed] believers?"

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذَاAnd whenwa-idhā
  2. قِيلَit is saidqīla
  3. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  4. ءَامِنُواْBelieveāminū
  5. بِمَآin whatbimā
  6. أَنزَلَhas revealedanzala
  7. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  8. قَالُواْthey sayqālū
  9. نُؤۡمِنُWe believenu'minu
  10. بِمَآin whatbimā
  11. أُنزِلَwas revealedunzila
  12. عَلَيۡنَاto usʿalaynā
  13. وَيَكۡفُرُونَAnd they disbelievewayakfurūna
  14. بِمَاin whatbimā
  15. وَرَآءَهُۥ(is) besides itwarāahu
  16. وَهُوَwhile itwahuwa
  17. ٱلۡحَقُّ(is) the truthl-ḥaqu
  18. مُصَدِّقٗاconfirmingmuṣaddiqan
  19. لِّمَاwhatlimā
  20. مَعَهُمۡۗ(is) with themmaʿahum
  21. قُلۡSayqul
  22. فَلِمَThen whyfalima
  23. تَقۡتُلُونَ(did) you killtaqtulūna
  24. أَنۢبِيَآءَ(the) Prophetsanbiyāa
  25. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allahl-lahi
  26. مِنfrommin
  27. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  28. إِنifin
  29. كُنتُمyou werekuntum
  30. مُّؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

When this group of Jews was told to have faith in the truth and guidance that Allah revealed to His Prophet, they said that they believed in what had been revealed to their prophets, and denied anything besides this, and in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him), although the Qur’ān is the truth, confirming what Allah had already revealed to them. Had they truly believed in what had been revealed to them, they would have believed in the Qur’ān. So, ask them then, O Muhammad, why they killed the prophets of Allah before, if they really had faith in the truth they brought to them.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran