The Holy Quran 4:53 — Surah An-Nisa

Arabic text

أَمْ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِّنَ ٱلْمُلْكِ فَإِذًا لَّا يُؤْتُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ نَقِيرًا

Translation

(Referring to the claim of the Jews that Prophethood was only their legacy and could not fall to the lot of any other nation, Allaah says) Or do they have a share in the kingdom (of Allaah)? In that case they would not give people even the slit (piece) found on a date seed (because of their miserliness).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The Jews, in their own imagination, held that prophethood and leadership in religion were their inheritance and befitted them alone. Therefore they disdained to follow the Arab prophet and would say: in the end, rule and kingship will surely come to us; if for a little while they go to others as well, there is no harm in that.

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