The Holy Quran 3:73 — Surah Ali 'Imran

Arabic text

وَلَا تُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِمَن تَبِعَ دِينَكُمْ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْهُدَىٰ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ أَن يُؤْتَىٰٓ أَحَدٌ مِّثْلَ مَآ أُوتِيتُمْ أَوْ يُحَآجُّوكُمْ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ ۗ قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْفَضْلَ بِيَدِ ٱللَّهِ يُؤْتِيهِ مَن يَشَآءُ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ وَٰسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ

Translation

(The Jews also said to each other) "Do not admit (your true beliefs) except before one who follows your religion (your fellow Jews)." Tell them (O Muhammad ﷺ), "Verily (true) guidance is the guidance of Allaah." (The Jews further said to each other, "Do not admit that Muhammad is Allaah's Prophet. Allaah prevents one from being misled by tricks and conspiracies) because others (the Arabs) have been given what you (Jews) were given (before viz. a Prophet from among them) or because they (should not) have an argument against you by your Rabb (so the Muslims should not declare in the Aakhirah that the Jews did not follow Muhammad ﷺ despite knowing that he was Allaah's Prophet)." Say, "Definitely bounty is in the hand of Allaah. He gives it to whoever He pleases (Allaah can make a Prophet come from whichever nation He pleases). Allaah (Allaah's bounty and knowledge) is All Surrounding, All Knowing (He knows who most deserves His favours)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, those Jews who go to the Muslims and hypocritically present themselves as Muslims should constantly bear in mind that they have not really become Muslims but remain Jews as before, and that they can sincerely accept the word only of one who follows their religion and claims to follow the shariah of Musa ﵇.

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