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Ali 'Imran 93

Ayah 93 of 200 · Medinan

۞ كُلُّ ٱلطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلّٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُۚ قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ فَٱتۡلُوهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٩٣

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel [i.e., Jacob] had made unlawful to himself before the Torah was revealed. Say, [O Muḥammad], "So bring the Torah and recite it, if you should be truthful."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ كُلُّAllkullu
  2. ٱلطَّعَامِ[the] foodl-ṭaʿāmi
  3. كَانَwaskāna
  4. حِلّٗاlawfulḥillan
  5. لِّبَنِيٓfor (the) Childrenlibanī
  6. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ(of) Israelis'rāīla
  7. إِلَّاexceptillā
  8. مَاwhatmā
  9. حَرَّمَmade unlawfulḥarrama
  10. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلُIsraelis'rāīlu
  11. عَلَىٰuponʿalā
  12. نَفۡسِهِۦhimselfnafsihi
  13. مِنfrommin
  14. قَبۡلِbeforeqabli
  15. أَن[that]an
  16. تُنَزَّلَ(was) revealedtunazzala
  17. ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُۚthe Tauratl-tawrātu
  18. قُلۡSayqul
  19. فَأۡتُواْSo bringfatū
  20. بِٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِthe Tauratbil-tawrāti
  21. فَٱتۡلُوهَآand recite itfa-it'lūhā
  22. إِنifin
  23. كُنتُمۡyou arekuntum
  24. صَٰدِقِينَtruthfulṣādiqīna

Tafsir

All wholesome foods were lawful for the Israelites, except which Jacob (peace be upon him) had made unlawful for himself before the Torah was revealed. These were not, as the Jews claimed to the Prophet Muhammad, made unlawful in the Torah. Tell them, O Prophet, to bring the Torah and read it if they are telling the truth in what they claim. When the Jews heard this, they did not know how to respond, so they did not bring the Torah to recite to him. This is an example of the Jews changing things and not telling the truth about what was in the Torah.

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