Surah Ar-Ra'd (13) — Ayah 36
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
Tafsir al-Quran al-Karim — Hafiz Abdus Salam Bin Muhammad Bhutvi
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➋ {قُلْ اِنَّمَاۤ اُمِرْتُ اَنْ اَعْبُدَ اللّٰهَ … :} So whoever does not accept, it is as if he denies Allah and His worship.
➌ { وَ اِلَيْهِ مَاٰبِ: ’’ مَاٰبِ ‘‘} This is a masdar mimi (verbal noun with the prefix “mim”) from {’’ اٰبَ يَؤُوْبُ ‘‘} (n, hollow verb with waw), the original was { ’’ مَاٰبِيْ ‘‘}, meaning “my return.” The “ya” has been omitted, and the kasrah is retained to indicate it.
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
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36. 2. That is, after seeing the proofs and evidences of the truthfulness of the Quran, they become even more pleased.
36. 3. By this is meant the Jews, Christians, disbelievers, and polytheists. According to some, "the Book" refers to the Torah and the Gospel; among them, those who became Muslims are pleased, and those who deny are the Jews and Christians who did not become Muslims.
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[46] That is, the Jews and Christians are pleased with this Book, i.e., the Quran, because it confirms their books and teaches respect and honor for their prophets. In this regard, all the People of the Book are pleased with the Quran. Then among them, there were some fair-minded people who accepted Islam, and the things they deny are those in which they had made alterations. Some rulings of the Book were concealed, and some things they themselves composed and attributed to Allah. The Quran unveiled all such matters and stated the reality in clear words. Because of this, those people denied some parts of the Quran, and later they denied the entire Quran.
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The Literal and Interpretive Distortion by the People of the Book and Opening the Path to Shirk:
The matters in which the People of the Book made alterations, whether literal or interpretive, the worst among them was that they adopted the ways of shirk. The Jews declared Sayyiduna Uzair as the son of Allah. They also declared many things that Allah had made lawful as unlawful. The Christians, at first, divided divinity into three parts and said that Allah is the third of three. Later, they even gave Sayyidah Maryam the status of divinity, and all this was the result of literal or interpretive distortion in the Book of Allah. Then they insisted on the correctness of these beliefs, and the Christians of Najran even came to Madinah to debate with you. In response to such people, Allah commanded His Prophet to clearly say to them that I am absolutely not prepared to accept such things from you. I do not consider anyone to be a partner with Allah. I invite all of you to this very thing, and your prophets themselves also invited to this very thing.
