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The Clear Qur'anic Exegesis (45)

Muhammad Khayr Ramadan Yusuf

Surat Al Baqarah (103-104)


{ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ آمَنُواْ واتَّقَوْا لَمَثُوبَةٌ مِّنْ عِندِ اللَّه خَيْرٌ لَّوْ كَانُواْ يَعْلَمُونَ } [البقرة: 103]

103- If they believed and feared Allah by avoiding sorcery, disbelief, and polytheism which He prohibited, their reward would be better than the falsehood and evil which they satisfied for themselves.

{ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ لاَ تَقُولُواْ رَاعِنَا وَقُولُواْ انظُرْنَا وَاسْمَعُوا ْوَلِلكَافِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ } [البقرة: 104]
104- O believers, do not resemble the Jews and the polytheists in their speech or their actions. Do not use double entendre as to say: "Ra`ina" which either means make us understand or it means foolishness as the Jews used to say to the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him). If your intention was taking care of you and make you understand step by step, you should say: "Undhurna" i.e., delay and respite us.


A painful torment is for the disbelieving Jews for what they have done and because they belittled the Prophet (peace be upon him).