The Holy Quran 5:70 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

لَقَدْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ وَأَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمْ رُسُلًا ۖ كُلَّمَا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌۢ بِمَا لَا تَهْوَىٰٓ أَنفُسُهُمْ فَرِيقًا كَذَّبُوا۟ وَفَرِيقًا يَقْتُلُونَ

Translation

Most certainly We have taken a (firm) pledge from the Bani Israa'eel (that they should worship only Allaah and obey His Prophets) and We sent to them many Rusul. Each time a Rasool came to them with that which did not appeal to their desires, they rejected a group (of the Rusul, such as Isa عليه الصلاة والسلام) and killed a group of them (such as Zakariyya عليه الصلاة والسلام and Yahya عليه الصلاة والسلام).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

In the preceding ayah the criterion of acceptance with Allah was set out, namely faith and righteous deeds. Here it is to be shown how far the Jews measure up to this criterion. The test of a servant’s loyalty lies in this: that at his master’s command he goes ahead and does what his heart does not want, and makes his own opinion or desire subordinate to…

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