Ali 'Imran 3:98
Family of Imran · Juz 4 · Page 62
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكۡفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٨
Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allāh while Allāh is Witness over what you do?"
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ولَمّا أتَمَّ - سُبْحانَهُ؛ وعَزَّ شَأْنُهُ - البَراهِينَ؛ وأحْكَمَ الدَّلائِلَ عَقْلًا وسَمْعًا؛ ولَمْ يَبْقَ لِمُتَعَنِّتٍ شُبْهَةٌ؛ ولَمْ يُبادِرُوا الإذْعانَ؛ بَلْ زادُوا في الطُّغْيانِ؛ وكادُوا أنْ يُوقِعُوا الضِّرابَ والطِّعانَ بَيْنَ أهْلِ الإيمانِ؛ أعْرَضَ - سُبْحانَهُ وتَعالى - عَنْ خِطابِهِمْ؛ إيذانًا بِشَدِيدِ الغَضَبِ؛ ورابِعِ الِانْتِقامِ؛ فَقالَ - سُبْحانَهُ وتَعالى - مُخاطِبًا لِرَسُولِهِ؛ الَّذِي يَكُونُ قَتْلُهم عَلى يَدِهِ: ﴿قُلْ﴾؛ وأثْبَتَ أداةً دالَّةً عَلى بُعْدِهِمْ عَنِ الحَضْرَةِ القُدْسِيَّةِ؛ فَقالَ: ﴿يا أهْلَ الكِتابِ﴾؛ أيْ: مِنَ الفَرِيقَيْنِ؛ ﴿لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ﴾؛ أيْ: تُوقِعُونَ الكُفْرَ؛ ﴿بِآياتِ اللَّهِ﴾؛ أيْ: وهي - لِكَوْنِهِ الحائِزَ بِجَمِيعِ الكَمالِ - البَيِّناتُ؛ نَقْلًا وعَقْلًا؛ الدّالَّةُ عَلى أنَّكم عَلى الباطِلِ؛ لِما وضَحَ مِن أنَّكم عَلى غَيْرِ مِلَّةِ إبْراهِيمَ - عَلَيْهِ الصَّلاةُ والسَّلامُ.
ولَمّا كانَ كُفْرُهم ظاهِرًا ذَكَرَ شَهادَتَهُ (تَعالى)؛ فَقالَ مُهَدِّدًا: ﴿واللَّهُ﴾؛ أيْ: ”والحالُ أنَّ اللَّهَ - الَّذِي هو مُحِيطٌ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قُدْرَةً وعِلْمًا؛ فَلا إلَهَ غَيْرُهُ؛ وقَدْ أشْرَكْتُمْ بِهِ -؛ ﴿شَهِيدٌ عَلى﴾؛ كُلِّ؛ ﴿ما تَعْمَلُونَ﴾؛ أيْ: لِكَوْنِهِ يَعْلَمُ (p-١١)- سُبْحانَهُ - السِّرَّ وأخْفى؛ وإنْ حَرَّفْتُمْ وأسْرَرْتُمْ“؛
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3:92
لَن تَنَالُواْ ٱلۡبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُواْ مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَۚ وَمَا تُنفِقُواْ مِن شَيۡءٖ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِهِۦ عَلِيمٞ ٩٢
Never will you attain the good [reward]1 until you spend [in the way of Allāh] from that which you love. And whatever you spend - indeed, Allāh is Knowing of it.
1 translator’s note
- Another meaning is "You will never attain righteousness." ↩
3:93
۞ كُلُّ ٱلطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلّٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفۡسِهِۦ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ ٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةُۚ قُلۡ فَأۡتُواْ بِٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةِ فَٱتۡلُوهَآ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰدِقِينَ ٩٣
All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel [i.e., Jacob] had made unlawful to himself before the Torah was revealed. Say, [O Muḥammad], "So bring the Torah and recite it, if you should be truthful."
3:94
فَمَنِ ٱفۡتَرَىٰ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡكَذِبَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُوْلَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٩٤
And whoever invents about Allāh untruth after that - then those are [truly] the wrongdoers.
3:95
قُلۡ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُۗ فَٱتَّبِعُواْ مِلَّةَ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفٗاۖ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُشۡرِكِينَ ٩٥
Say, "Allāh has told the truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of the polytheists."1
1 translator’s note
- See footnote to 3:67 ↩
3:96
إِنَّ أَوَّلَ بَيۡتٖ وُضِعَ لِلنَّاسِ لَلَّذِي بِبَكَّةَ مُبَارَكٗا وَهُدٗى لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩٦
Indeed, the first House [of worship] established for mankind was that at Bakkah [i.e., Makkah] - blessed and a guidance for the worlds.
3:97
فِيهِ ءَايَٰتُۢ بَيِّنَٰتٞ مَّقَامُ إِبۡرَٰهِيمَۖ وَمَن دَخَلَهُۥ كَانَ ءَامِنٗاۗ وَلِلَّهِ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ حِجُّ ٱلۡبَيۡتِ مَنِ ٱسۡتَطَاعَ إِلَيۡهِ سَبِيلٗاۚ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَنِيٌّ عَنِ ٱلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ٩٧
In it are clear signs [such as] the standing place of Abraham. And whoever enters it [i.e., the Ḥaram] shall be safe. And [due] to Allāh from the people is a pilgrimage to the House - for whoever is able to find thereto a way. But whoever disbelieves [i.e., refuses] - then indeed, Allāh is free from need of the worlds.1
1 translator’s note
- He has no need for His servants' worship; it is they who are in need of Him. ↩
3:98
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكۡفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ شَهِيدٌ عَلَىٰ مَا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٨
Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you disbelieve in the verses of Allāh while Allāh is Witness over what you do?"
3:99
قُلۡ يَٰٓأَهۡلَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنۡ ءَامَنَ تَبۡغُونَهَا عِوَجٗا وَأَنتُمۡ شُهَدَآءُۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعۡمَلُونَ ٩٩
Say, "O People of the Scripture, why do you avert from the way of Allāh those who believe, seeking to make it [seem] deviant, while you are witnesses [to the truth]? And Allāh is not unaware of what you do."
3:100
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ إِن تُطِيعُواْ فَرِيقٗا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ يَرُدُّوكُم بَعۡدَ إِيمَٰنِكُمۡ كَٰفِرِينَ ١٠٠
O you who have believed, if you obey a party of those who were given the Scripture, they would turn you back, after your belief, [to being] unbelievers.