The Holy Quran 4:46 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ يُحَرِّفُونَ ٱلْكَلِمَ عَن مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ وَيَقُولُونَ سَمِعْنَا وَعَصَيْنَا وَٱسْمَعْ غَيْرَ مُسْمَعٍ وَرَٰعِنَا لَيًّۢا بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ وَطَعْنًا فِى ٱلدِّينِ ۚ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ سَمِعْنَا وَأَطَعْنَا وَٱسْمَعْ وَٱنظُرْنَا لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَأَقْوَمَ وَلَـٰكِن لَّعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

Translation

Some of the Jews alter (distort) words (of the Torah that describe Muhammad ﷺ) from their context and say (to Rasulullaah ﷺ), "We hear (your command with our ears) and we disobey (the command with our hearts)", "Listen (hear) without being made to listen (to hear anything good)" and "Raa'inaa" (this word has a good and an evil meaning, see verse 104 of Surah 2), twisting their tongues and mocking the Deen. If only they had said, "We hear and we obey!", "Do listen!" and "Undhurna ("Consider us", see Surah 2, verse 104)," it would have been better for them and more proper. However, Allaah has cursed them because of their kufr, so only a few of them have Imaan (only those who became Muslims).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

That is, among the Jews there are also such people who shift from its places and alter what Almighty Allah revealed in the Torah, that is, they commit tahrif (distortion) both of the words and of the meaning.

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