ٱلْبَقَرَة : ١٠١

  • وَلَمَّا And when
  • جَآءَهُمۡ came to them
  • رَسُولٞ a Messenger
  • مِّنۡ (of)
  • عِندِ from
  • ٱللَّهِ Allah
  • مُصَدِّقٞ confirming
  • لِّمَا what
  • مَعَهُمۡ (was) with them
  • نَبَذَ threw away
  • فَرِيقٞ a party
  • مِّنَ of
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • أُوتُواْ were given
  • ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ the Book
  • كِتَٰبَ (the) Book
  • ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah
  • وَرَآءَ behind
  • ظُهُورِهِمۡ their backs
  • كَأَنَّهُمۡ as if they
  • لَا (do) not
  • يَعۡلَمُونَ know
And when a messenger from Allāh came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allāh [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].
When there came to them a messenger from God, namely, Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, confirming what was with them, a party of them who were given the Scripture have cast away the Scripture of God, that is, the Torah, behind their backs, that is to say, they have not acted according to what it said about belief in the Messenger and otherwise; as though they did not know, what is contained in it, to the effect that he is a true Prophet, or that it is the Book of God.