The Holy Quran 2:90 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

بِئْسَمَا ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ ۚ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

Translation

Evil is that (price) for which they (the Jews) have sold their souls (their share of rewards); (this price being) that they disbelieve in what Allaah has revealed (the Qur'aan), jealous of the fact that Allaah sends His kindness (revelation) upon whichever of His bondmen He chooses (the Jews were jealous of the Arabs because Rasulullaah ﷺ was from the Arabs and not from them). So they earned anger upon anger (because they rejected Isa عليه السلام and Muhammad ﷺ and because they changed the Torah). There shall be a humiliating punishment for the Kaafiroon.

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, what they sold themselves for is disbelief and denial of the Quran, and a denial born purely of obstinacy and envy. One wrath is because they became disbelievers by denying the Quran, and along with it their own book as well; the second is because, purely out of envy and obstinacy, they turned away from the prophet of their time and opposed him.

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