The Holy Quran 2:44 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَتَنسَوْنَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ تَتْلُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

Translation

(Addressing the Jewish scholars who encouraged other Jews to become Muslims, Allaah says,) Do you command people to adopt piety (to embrace the Deen of Muhammad) and forget (to do so) yourselves, whereas you are the ones who recite the Book (the Torah, which confirms the prophethood of Muhammad)? Have you no understanding (of your wrongdoing)?

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Preaching alone is not enough; practice is also necessary: some of the Jewish scholars had this remarkable way: they would tell their own people that this religion, Islam, was good, while they themselves did not become Muslims.

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