Al-Baqarah 2:135
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وَقَالُواْ كُونُواْ هُودًا أَوۡ نَصَٰرَىٰ تَهۡتَدُواْۗ قُلۡ بَلۡ مِلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ حَنِيفٗاۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ١٣٥
They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."1
1 translator’s note
- Those who associate others with Allāh in worship. ↩
Tafsir · in Arabic
Ibn al-Jawzi
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Commentary on 2:135–136
قَوْلُهُ تَعالى: ﴿وَقالُوا كُونُوا هُودًا﴾ .
مَعْناهُ: قالَتِ اليَهُودَ: كُونُوا هُودًا، وقالَتِ النَّصارى: كُونُوا نَصارى، تَهْتَدُوا.
﴿بَلْ مِلَّةَ إبْراهِيمَ حَنِيفًا﴾ المَعْنى: بَلْ نَتَّبِعُ مِلَّةَ إبْراهِيمَ في حالِ حَنِيفِيَّتِهِ. وفي الحَنِيفِ قَوْلانِ. أحَدُهُما: أنَّهُ المائِلُ إلى العِبادَةِ. قالَ الزَّجّاجُ: الحَنِيفُ في اللُّغَةِ: المائِلُ إلى الشَّيْءِ، أُخِذَ مِن قَوْلِهِمْ: رَجُلٌ أحْنَفٌ، وهو الَّذِي تَمِيلُ قَدَماهُ كُلَّ واحِدَةٍ مِنهُما إلى أُخْتِها بِأصابِعِها. قالَتْ أُمُّ الأحْنَفِ تُرَقِّصُهُ:
؎ واللَّهِ لَوْلا حَنَفٌ بِرِجْلِهِ ودِقَّةٌ في ساقِهِ مِن هَزْلِهِ ∗∗∗ ما كانَ في فِتْيانِكم مِن مِثْلِهِ
والثّانِي: أنَّهُ المُسْتَقِيمُ، ومِنهُ قِيلَ لِلْأعْرَجِ: حَنِيفٌ نَظَرًا لَهُ إلى السَّلامَةِ، هَذا قَوْلُ ابْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ. وقَدْ وصَفَ المُفَسِّرُونَ الحَنِيفَ بِأوْصافٍ، فَقالَ عَطاءٌ: هو المُخْلِصُ، وقالَ ابْنُ السّائِبِ: هو الَّذِي يَحُجُّ. وقالَ غَيْرُهُما: هو الَّذِي يُوَحِّدُ ويَحُجُّ، ويُضَحِّي ويَخْتَتِنُ، ويَسْتَقْبِلُ الكَعْبَةَ.
فَأمّا الأسْباطُ: فَهم بَنَوْا يَعْقُوبَ، وكانُوا اثْنَيْ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا. قالَ الزَّجّاجُ: السِّبْطُ في اللُّغَةِ الجَماعَةُ الَّذِينَ يَرْجِعُونَ إلى أبٍ واحِدٍ. والسِّبْطُ في اللُّغَةِ: الشَّجَرَةُ لَها قَبائِلُ، فالسِّبْطُ: الَّذِينَ هم مِن شَجَرَةٍ واحِدَةٍ.
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2:135
وَقَالُواْ كُونُواْ هُودًا أَوۡ نَصَٰرَىٰ تَهۡتَدُواْۗ قُلۡ بَلۡ مِلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ حَنِيفٗاۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ١٣٥
They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."1
1 translator’s note
- Those who associate others with Allāh in worship. ↩
2:136
قُولُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيۡنَا وَمَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَىٰٓ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ وَٱلۡأَسۡبَاطِ وَمَآ أُوتِيَ مُوسَىٰ وَعِيسَىٰ وَمَآ أُوتِيَ ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ مِن رَّبِّهِمۡ لَا نُفَرِّقُ بَيۡنَ أَحَدٖ مِّنۡهُمۡ وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ مُسۡلِمُونَ ١٣٦
Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allāh and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants [al-Asbāṭ]1 and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."
1 translator’s note
- The twelve tribes of Israel descended from Jacob. ↩
2:137
فَإِنۡ ءَامَنُواْ بِمِثۡلِ مَآ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦ فَقَدِ ٱهۡتَدَواْۖ وَّإِن تَوَلَّوۡاْ فَإِنَّمَا هُمۡ فِي شِقَاقٖۖ فَسَيَكۡفِيكَهُمُ ٱللَّهُۚ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡعَلِيمُ ١٣٧
So if they believe in the same as you believe in, then they have been [rightly] guided; but if they turn away, they are only in dissension, and Allāh will be sufficient for you against them. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
2:138
صِبۡغَةَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَنۡ أَحۡسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ صِبۡغَةٗۖ وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ عَٰبِدُونَ ١٣٨
[And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him."
2:139
قُلۡ أَتُحَآجُّونَنَا فِي ٱللَّهِ وَهُوَ رَبُّنَا وَرَبُّكُمۡ وَلَنَآ أَعۡمَٰلُنَا وَلَكُمۡ أَعۡمَٰلُكُمۡ وَنَحۡنُ لَهُۥ مُخۡلِصُونَ ١٣٩
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Do you argue with us about Allāh while He is our Lord and your Lord? For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. And we are sincere [in deed and intention] to Him."
2:140
أَمۡ تَقُولُونَ إِنَّ إِبۡرَٰهِـۧمَ وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِسۡحَٰقَ وَيَعۡقُوبَ وَٱلۡأَسۡبَاطَ كَانُواْ هُودًا أَوۡ نَصَٰرَىٰۗ قُلۡ ءَأَنتُمۡ أَعۡلَمُ أَمِ ٱللَّهُۗ وَمَنۡ أَظۡلَمُ مِمَّن كَتَمَ شَهَٰدَةً عِندَهُۥ مِنَ ٱللَّهِۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤٠
Or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants were Jews or Christians? Say, "Are you more knowing or is Allāh?" And who is more unjust than one who conceals a testimony1 he has from Allāh? And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.
1 translator’s note
- Statements in previous scriptures attesting to the nature of Allāh's religion (Islām) and the coming of Prophet Muḥammad (ﷺ) . ↩
2:141
تِلۡكَ أُمَّةٞ قَدۡ خَلَتۡۖ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتۡ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبۡتُمۡۖ وَلَا تُسۡـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ ١٤١
That is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.