سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 75
۞ أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَقَدْ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُمْ يَسْمَعُونَ كَلَـٰمَ ٱللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا عَقَلُوهُ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿75﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Do you (faithful believers) covet that they will believe in your religion inspite of the fact that a party of them (Jewish rabbis) used to hear the Word of Allâh [the Taurât (Torah)], then they used to change it knowingly after they understood it?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ أَفَتَطْمَعُونَ
afataṭmaʿūna
Do you hope
أَن
an
that
يُؤْمِنُوا۟
yu'minū
they will believe
لَكُمْ
lakum
[for] you
وَقَدْ
waqad
while indeed
كَانَ
kāna
(there) has been
فَرِيقٌۭ
farīqun
a party
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
يَسْمَعُونَ
yasmaʿūna
(who used to) hear
كَلَـٰمَ
kalāma
(the) words
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يُحَرِّفُونَهُۥ
yuḥarrifūnahu
they distort it
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مَا
mā
[what]
عَقَلُوهُ
ʿaqalūhu
they understood it
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
75. 1. Addressing the believers, it is being said about the Jews: Do you hope for their acceptance of faith, even though among their predecessors there was a group that knowingly altered the Divine Word? This is an interrogative of denial, meaning there is absolutely no hope for such people to accept faith. This means that those who, due to worldly interests or partisan biases, do not refrain even from altering the Divine Word, become trapped in such a mire of misguidance that they cannot escape from it. Unfortunately, many scholars and elders of the Ummah of Muhammad have also been guilty of altering the Quran and Hadith. May Allah protect from this crime.
