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Ayah
Word by Word
وَلَا
And (do) not
تُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ
believe
إِلَّا
except
لِمَن
(the one) who
تَبِعَ
follows
دِينَكُمۡ
your religion
قُلۡ
Say
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلۡهُدَىٰ
the (true) guidance
هُدَى
(is the) Guidance
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
أَن
lest
يُؤۡتَىٰٓ
is given
أَحَدٞ
(to) one
مِّثۡلَ
(the) like
مَآ
(of) what
أُوتِيتُمۡ
was given to you
أَوۡ
or
يُحَآجُّوكُمۡ
they may argue with you
عِندَ
near
رَبِّكُمۡۗ
your Lord
قُلۡ
Say
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلۡفَضۡلَ
the Bounty
بِيَدِ
(is) in the Hand
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
يُؤۡتِيهِ
He gives it
مَن
(to) whom
يَشَآءُۗ
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
and Allah
وَٰسِعٌ
(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٞ
All-Knowing
وَلَا
And (do) not
تُؤۡمِنُوٓاْ
believe
إِلَّا
except
لِمَن
(the one) who
تَبِعَ
follows
دِينَكُمۡ
your religion
قُلۡ
Say
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلۡهُدَىٰ
the (true) guidance
هُدَى
(is the) Guidance
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
أَن
lest
يُؤۡتَىٰٓ
is given
أَحَدٞ
(to) one
مِّثۡلَ
(the) like
مَآ
(of) what
أُوتِيتُمۡ
was given to you
أَوۡ
or
يُحَآجُّوكُمۡ
they may argue with you
عِندَ
near
رَبِّكُمۡۗ
your Lord
قُلۡ
Say
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلۡفَضۡلَ
the Bounty
بِيَدِ
(is) in the Hand
ٱللَّهِ
(of) Allah
يُؤۡتِيهِ
He gives it
مَن
(to) whom
يَشَآءُۗ
He wills
وَٱللَّهُ
and Allah
وَٰسِعٌ
(is) All-Encompassing
عَلِيمٞ
All-Knowing
Translation
"And believe no one unless he follows your religion." Say: "True guidance is the Guidance of Allah: (Fear ye) Lest a revelation be sent to someone (else) Like unto that which was sent unto you? or that those (Receiving such revelation) should engage you in argument before your Lord?" Say: "All bounties are in the hand of Allah: He granteth them to whom He pleaseth: And Allah careth for all, and He knoweth all things."
Tafsir
And they also said: And do not believe except in one who (the laam of li-man, 'in one who', is extra) follows, accords with, your religion'. God, exalted be He, says, Say, to them, O Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him: 'True guidance is God's guidance, that is Islam, everything else being error (this statement is parenthetical) - that (an [and what follows] is the direct object of the verb wa-laa tu'minoo, 'do not believe') anyone should be given the like of what you have been given, of the Book, wisdom, and of the virtues (the term ahad, 'anyone', from whom the exclusion is being made, precedes that which is being excluded, 'the like of what you have been given', the meaning being: 'Do not affirm that anyone should be given this unless they follow your religion'); or that they, the believers, should dispute with you, [that they should] prevail over you, before your Lord', on the Day of Resurrection, for you have the sounder religion (a variant reading has a-an, 'such that', the extra hamza denoting rebuke) in other words, [the Jews say do not believe] that another has been given the like of it, such that you might affirm it. God, exalted be He, says, Say: 'Surely bounty is in God's Hand; He gives it to whomever He will, so how can you say that no one else will be given what you have been given? God is Embracing, of ample bounty, Knowing, those who deserve it.
"The Envy the Jews Feel Towards Muslims; Their Wicked Plots Against Muslims
Allah says;
وَدَّت طَّأيِفَةٌ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ الۡكِتَابِ لَوۡ يُضِلُّونَكُمۡ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلاَّ أَنفُسَهُمۡ وَمَا يَشۡعُرُونَ
A party of the People of the Scripture wish to lead you astray. But they shall not lead astray anyone except themselves, and they perceive not.
Allah states that the Jews envy the faithful and wish they could misguide them.
Allah states that the punishment of this behavior will fall back upon them, while they are unaware.
Allah criticizes them,
يَا أَهۡلَ الۡكِتَابِ لِمَ تَكۡفُرُونَ بِأيَاتِ اللّهِ وَأَنتُمۡ تَشۡهَدُونَ
O People of the Scripture!:Why do you disbelieve in the Ayat of Allah, while you bear witness.)
You know for certain that Allah's Ayat are true and authentic.
يَا أَهۡلَ الۡكِتَابِ لِمَ تَلۡبِسُونَ الۡحَقَّ بِالۡبَاطِلِ وَتَكۡتُمُونَ الۡحَقَّ وَأَنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
O People of the Scripture:Why do you mix truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know!
by hiding what is in your Books about the description of Muhammad, while you know what you do.
وَقَالَت طَّأيِفَةٌ مِّنۡ أَهۡلِ الۡكِتَابِ امِنُواۡ بِالَّذِيَ أُنزِلَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ امَنُواۡ وَجۡهَ النَّهَارِ وَاكۡفُرُواۡ اخِرَهُ
And a party of the People of the Scripture say:""Believe in the morning in that which is revealed to the believers, and reject it at the end of the day,
This is a wicked plan from the People of the Book to deceive Muslims who are weak in the religion. They decided that they would pretend to be believers in the beginning of the day, by attending the dawn prayer with the Muslims. However, when the day ended, they would revert to their old religion so that the ignorant people would say, ""They reverted to their old religion because they uncovered some shortcomings in the Islamic religion.""
This is why they said next.
لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ
so that they may turn back.
Ibn Abi Najih said that Mujahid commented about this Ayah, which refers to the Jews,
""They attended the dawn prayer with the Prophet and disbelieved in the end of the day in order to misguide the people. This way, people would think that they have uncovered shortcomings in the religion that they briefly followed.
وَلَا تُوۡمِنُواۡ إِلاَّ لِمَن تَبِعَ دِينَكُمۡ
""And believe no one except the one who follows your religion.""
They said, do not trust anyone with your secret knowledge, except those who follow your religion. Therefore, they say, do not expose your knowledge to Muslims in order to prevent them from believing in it and, thus, use it as proof against you.
Allah replied,
قُلۡ إِنَّ الۡهُدَى هُدَى اللّهِ
Say:(O Prophet) ""Verily, right guidance is the guidance of Allah.""
Allah guides the hearts of the faithful to the perfect faith through the clear Ayat, plain proofs and unequivocal evidence that He has sent down to His servant and Messenger Muhammad. This occurs, O you Jews, even though you hide the description of Muhammad. the unlettered Prophet whom you find in your Books that you received from the earlier Prophets.
Allah's statement;
أَن يُوۡتَى أَحَدٌ مِّثۡلَ مَا أُوتِيتُمۡ أَوۡ يُحَأجُّوكُمۡ عِندَ رَبِّكُمۡ
(And they say:) ""Do not believe that anyone can receive like that which you have received, otherwise they would engage you in argument before your Lord.""
They say, ""Do not disclose the knowledge that you have to the Muslims, to prevent them from learning it and thus becoming your equals. They will be even better because they will believe in it or will use it against you as evidence with your Lord, and thus establish Allah's proof against you in this life and the Hereafter.""
Allah said,
قُلۡ إِنَّ الۡفَضۡلَ بِيَدِ اللّهِ يُوۡتِيهِ مَن يَشَاء
Say:""All the bounty is in the Hand of Allah; He grants to whom He wills.
meaning, all affairs are under His control, and He gives and takes. Verily, Allah gives faith, knowledge and sound comprehension to whomever He wills. He also misguides whomever He wills by blinding his sight, mind, sealing his heart, hearing and stamping his eyes closed. Allah has the perfect wisdom and the unequivocal proofs.
وَاللّهُ وَاسِعٌ عَلِيمٌ
And Allah is All-Sufficient for His creatures' needs, All-Knower.""
يَخۡتَصُّ بِرَحۡمَتِهِ مَن يَشَاء وَاللّهُ ذُو الۡفَضۡلِ الۡعَظِيمِ
He selects for His mercy whom He wills and Allah is the Owner of great bounty.
meaning, He has endowed you, O believers, with tremendous virtue, in that He honored your Prophet Muhammad over all other prophets, and by directing you to the best Shariah there is."
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