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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (32)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (78-79)




{ وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ الْكِتَابَ إِلاَّ أَمَانِيَّ وَإِنْ هُمْ إِلاَّ يَظُنُّونَ } [البقرة: 78]

78- There are some people from the People of the Scriptures who do not know how to read and do not know what has been written in the Torah, so they are ignorant and they only speak with illusions and doubts. Therefore, they speak of what they want to be such as being the beloved sons of Allah, or they will enter Paradise and if they were to enter Hell, they would have stayed there for a short while, among other wishes.
{ فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ الْكِتَابَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَـذَا مِنْ عِندِ اللّهِ لِيَشْتَرُواْ بِهِ ثَمَناً قَلِيلاً فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُمْ مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ } [البقرة: 79]

79- Another team of you called to misguidance. They have falsified what was written in the Torah by writing with their own hands which was not part of it and they said: It was revealed by Allah. They did so for a vile purpose and temporal greed in order to take some money. Destruction and torment are the punishment for those forgers who write with their own hands lies and falsehoods. Woe to them for their ill-gotten properties.