The Holy Quran 2:75 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

۞ أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَـٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

Translation

(O Mu'mineen) Do you still hope that they (the Jews) will have Imaan for your sake when there is a party from them (their Rabbis as well as those who went to Mount Toor with Moosa and heard Allaah speak) who listen to Allaah's speech (the Torah) and then purposely alter it after understanding it? (Entertain no such hopes because they will not follow you in Imaan.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The distortion of the Torah: by “a party” are meant those “who went with Musa ﵇ to Mount Tur to hear the Word of Allah.” On returning from there they committed this distortion (tahrif): they told the Children of Israel that at the end of the whole speech we also heard this: (if you can, carry out these commands; otherwise you also have the choice of…

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