The Holy Quran 2:100 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

أَوَكُلَّمَا عَـٰهَدُوا۟ عَهْدًا نَّبَذَهُۥ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم ۚ بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

Translation

Whenever they make a promise (to Allaah that they will accept the prophethood of Rasulullaah and assist him), will a party of them break it? The truth is that most of them do not have Imaan (because they have no conviction, they do not fear breaking their promises).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, it is their long-standing habit that whenever they make any covenant with Allah, with a messenger or with anyone else, a group from among them casts that covenant behind their backs; indeed, many Jews do not believe in the Torah at all — what qualm could such people have about breaking a covenant?

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