The Holy Quran 2:91 — Surah Al-Baqarah

Arabic text

وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمْ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ قَالُوا۟ نُؤْمِنُ بِمَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا وَيَكْفُرُونَ بِمَا وَرَآءَهُۥ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ ۗ قُلْ فَلِمَ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنۢبِيَآءَ ٱللَّهِ مِن قَبْلُ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

Translation

When they (the Jews) are told, “Have Imaan in what Allaah has revealed (in the Qur'aan and other revelation)," they say, "We believe (only) in what was revealed to us (the Torah)." They disbelieve in everything else even though it is the truth which confirms (supports) what is with them (the Torah). Tell them, "Why did you murder Allaah's messengers before if you were Mu'mineen (as you claim)?" (If you really believe in the Torah as you claim, why did you murder the prophets when the Torah clearly prohibited this? This verse is addressed to all Jews because although it was their forefathers who had murdered the Ambiya, the Jews who came after them approved of what their forefathers did.)

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

“What Allah has sent down” — that is, the Injil and the Quran; and “what was sent down to us” — that is, the Torah. The meaning is: “Apart from the Torah, they openly deny the other books and do not accept the Injil and the Quran.” Yet those books too are true and confirm the Torah.

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