سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 79
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿79﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, "This is from Allâh," to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَوَيْلٌۭ
fawaylun
So woe
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
يَكْتُبُونَ
yaktubūna
write
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the book
بِأَيْدِيهِمْ
bi-aydīhim
with their (own) hands
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
they say
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
مِنْ
min
(is)
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
لِيَشْتَرُوا۟
liyashtarū
to barter
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
ثَمَنًۭا
thamanan
(for) a price
قَلِيلًۭا ۖ
qalīlan
little
فَوَيْلٌۭ
fawaylun
So woe
لَّهُم
lahum
to them
مِّمَّا
mimmā
for what
كَتَبَتْ
katabat
have written
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
their hands
وَوَيْلٌۭ
wawaylun
and woe
لَّهُم
lahum
to them
مِّمَّا
mimmā
for what
يَكْسِبُونَ
yaksibūna
they earn
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.
79. 2 This explains the audacity of the Jewish scholars and their disregard for the fear of Allah: they fabricate rulings with their own hands and openly claim that these are from Allah. According to hadith, "Wayl" is also a valley in Hell whose depth is such that it would take a disbeliever forty years to reach its bottom. (Ahmad, Tirmidhi, Ibn Hibban, and Al-Hakim as referenced in Fath al-Qadeer) Some scholars have declared the selling of the Noble Quran to be impermissible based on this verse, but this reasoning is not correct. The verse refers only to those who distort the word of Allah for worldly gain and deceive people in the name of religion.
