آلِ عِمْرَان : ١٨٣

  • ٱلَّذِينَ Those who
  • قَالُوٓاْ said
  • إِنَّ Indeed
  • ٱللَّهَ Allah
  • عَهِدَ (has) taken promise
  • إِلَيۡنَآ from us
  • أَلَّا that not
  • نُؤۡمِنَ we (should) believe
  • لِرَسُولٍ in a Messenger
  • حَتَّىٰ until
  • يَأۡتِيَنَا he brings to us
  • بِقُرۡبَانٖ a sacrifice
  • تَأۡكُلُهُ consumes it
  • ٱلنَّارُۗ the fire
  • قُلۡ Say
  • قَدۡ Surely
  • جَآءَكُمۡ came to you
  • رُسُلٞ Messengers
  • مِّن from
  • قَبۡلِي before me
  • بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ with the clear Signs
  • وَبِٱلَّذِي and with what
  • قُلۡتُمۡ you speak
  • فَلِمَ So why
  • قَتَلۡتُمُوهُمۡ you killed them
  • إِن if
  • كُنتُمۡ you are
  • صَٰدِقِينَ truthful
[They are] those who said, "Indeed, Allāh has taken our promise not to believe any messenger until he brings us an offering which fire [from heaven] will consume." Say, "There have already come to you messengers before me with clear proofs and [even] that of which you speak. So why did you kill them, if you should be truthful?"
Those (alladheena, an adjectival qualification of the previous alladheena, 'those who' [Q. 3:181]) same who said, to Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, 'God has already made covenant with us, in the Torah, that we should not believe in any messenger, accepting his truthfulness, until he bring us an offering to be devoured by fire', and so we will not believe in you until you bring us this [offering], namely, of grazing livestock or other [kind of animal] one offers [in sacrifice] to God. If it is accepted, a white fire will come down from the sky and consume it, otherwise it will remain as it is. Such a covenant was made with the Israelites, but not in the case of Jesus and Muhammad. God, exalted be He, says, Say, to them in rebuke: 'messengers have come to you before me with clear proofs, with miracles, and with that which you said, [messengers] such as Zachariah and John, but you slew them: the address here is for those living at the time of our Prophet Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, even though the deed was their forefathers', for they [their descendants] are content with it. Why did you slay them, then, if you are truthful?', about [the fact] that you would believe if it [the offering] were brought [to you].