Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 23
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
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The Jewish Scholars Avoiding Judgment According to the Book of Allah:
In this verse, ﴿اُوْتُوْا نَصِيْبًا مِّنَ الْكِتٰبِ﴾ refers to those Jewish scholars who possessed some knowledge of the Torah. However, despite their knowledge, altering the commands of the Book of Allah had become their second nature. In the Torah, there was a clear command of stoning for a married man or woman who committed adultery. At first, these scholars would, when a noble, wealthy, or respected person committed adultery, use various legal tricks to drop the punishment, but would enforce the prescribed punishment on weaker individuals. Later, they devised a middle path for all kinds of people and decided that the punishment for an adulterer should be the same for everyone, and that punishment was that whether the adulterer was a man or a woman, young or old, their face would be blackened, they would be made to ride a donkey, and paraded around the settlement. Once, during the time of the Prophet ﷺ, an incident occurred where a wealthy Jew committed adultery with a Jewish woman. Both were married. Their case was brought before the court of the Prophet ﷺ. Their intention was that perhaps in this way the adulterers would escape stoning. The Prophet ﷺ asked the Jewish scholars: What punishment do you find in the Book of Allah for such people? They immediately replied that they blacken their faces, make them ride a donkey, and parade them around. Abdullah bin Salam ؓ (who was among the Jewish scholars and had embraced Islam) said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: They are lying. Tell them to bring the Book of Allah. So the Torah was brought. The reader placed his hand over the verse of stoning and tried to hide it, reading from before and after it. At the request of Abdullah bin Salam ؓ, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told him to lift his hand, and underneath was the verse of stoning. In this way, when the theft of these scholars was exposed, they got up and left out of shame. This verse describes the conduct of such Jewish scholars. Now, the judgment of the case was still pending. So, the Prophet ﷺ had the Jewish man and woman stoned. This incident is mentioned in several authentic hadiths.
