The Holy Quran 2:78 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّآ أَمَانِىَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلَّا يَظُنُّونَ

Translation

Among them (the Jews) there are illiterate people (the masses) whose only knowledge of the Book (the Torah) are hopes (lies from fabricated stories which their leaders have trained them to narrate). All they know is how to guess (because of which they deny the prophethood of Rasulullaah).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

As for the ignorant among them, they know nothing at all of what is written in the Torah — only certain wishful fancies: false things they have heard from their scholars (for example, that no one but the Jews will enter Paradise, and that our forefathers will surely obtain forgiveness for us).

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