The Holy Quran 2:176 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ نَزَّلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۗ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِى ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لَفِى شِقَاقٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

Translation

This (punishment) is because Allaah has certainly revealed the Book with the truth and those who disagree (create differences) about the Book are stubbornly (who have gone astray) opposed (people, who have gone astray). (Just as this verse applies to the Jews who disagreed with the Torah and accepted what they wanted while rejecting what they did not want, it also applies to the people who refuse to accept the Qur'aan as a Book from Allaah)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, the proof of their buying misguidance at the price of guidance and punishment at the price of forgiveness, or the reason for the punishments mentioned earlier befalling them, is that they went against the true Book which Allah sent down, introduced all kinds of disagreement into it and went far in opposition and enmity, that is, they opposed it…

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