The Holy Quran 2:133 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

أَمْ كُنتُمْ شُهَدَآءَ إِذْ حَضَرَ يَعْقُوبَ ٱلْمَوْتُ إِذْ قَالَ لِبَنِيهِ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ مِنۢ بَعْدِى قَالُوا۟ نَعْبُدُ إِلَـٰهَكَ وَإِلَـٰهَ ءَابَآئِكَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ وَإِسْحَـٰقَ إِلَـٰهًا وَٰحِدًا وَنَحْنُ لَهُۥ مُسْلِمُونَ

Translation

(When the Jews told Rasulullaah ﷺ that Ya'qoob عليه السلام advised his sons to remain devoted to Judaism, Allaah revealed the verse stating) Or were you (Jews) present when death presented itself before (when it came to) Ya'qoob عليه السلام? (Were you there) When he asked his sons, “What will you worship after my death?" They replied, "We will worship your Ilaah (Allaah) and the Ilaah of your forefathers Ibraheem عليه السلام, Ismaa'eel عليه السلام and Is'haaq عليه السلام, (we shall worship) Him Who is Only One Ilaah. We surrender to (obey and worship) Him only."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, you were not even present at the time of the testament of Ya'qub ﵇. He enjoined the religion of the prophets described, whereas what you did is that the Jews began to call everyone but themselves godless, and the Christians everyone but themselves (and both sides became opponents of the true religion (that is, Islam)). This is your fabrication.

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