سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 85
ثُمَّ أَنتُمْ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ تَقْتُلُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْ وَتُخْرِجُونَ فَرِيقًا مِّنكُم مِّن دِيَـٰرِهِمْ تَظَـٰهَرُونَ عَلَيْهِم بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَإِن يَأْتُوكُمْ أُسَـٰرَىٰ تُفَـٰدُوهُمْ وَهُوَ مُحَرَّمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ إِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚ أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ ۚ فَمَا جَزَآءُ مَن يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْىٌ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰٓ أَشَدِّ ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَـٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴿85﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
After this, it is you who kill one another and drive out a party of you from their homes, assist (their enemies) against them, in sin and transgression. And if they come to you as captives, you ransom them, although their expulsion was forbidden to you. Then do you believe in a part of the Scripture and reject the rest? Then what is the recompense of those who do so among you, except disgrace in the life of this world, and on the Day of Resurrection they shall be consigned to the most grievous torment. And Allâh is not unaware of what you do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ثُمَّ
thumma
Then
أَنتُمْ
antum
you
هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ
hāulāi
(are) those
تَقْتُلُونَ
taqtulūna
(who) kill
أَنفُسَكُمْ
anfusakum
yourselves
وَتُخْرِجُونَ
watukh'rijūna
and evict
فَرِيقًۭا
farīqan
a party
مِّنكُم
minkum
of you
مِّن
min
from
دِيَـٰرِهِمْ
diyārihim
their homes
تَظَـٰهَرُونَ
taẓāharūna
you support one another
عَلَيْهِم
ʿalayhim
against them
بِٱلْإِثْمِ
bil-ith'mi
in sin
وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ
wal-ʿud'wāni
and [the] transgression
وَإِن
wa-in
And if
يَأْتُوكُمْ
yatūkum
they come to you
أُسَـٰرَىٰ
usārā
(as) captives
تُفَـٰدُوهُمْ
tufādūhum
you ransom them
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while it
مُحَرَّمٌ
muḥarramun
(was) forbidden
عَلَيْكُمْ
ʿalaykum
to you
إِخْرَاجُهُمْ ۚ
ikh'rājuhum
their eviction
أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ
afatu'minūna
So do you believe
بِبَعْضِ
bibaʿḍi
in part (of)
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
the Book
وَتَكْفُرُونَ
watakfurūna
and disbelieve
بِبَعْضٍۢ ۚ
bibaʿḍin
in part
فَمَا
famā
Then what
جَزَآءُ
jazāu
(should be the) recompense
مَن
man
(for the one) who
يَفْعَلُ
yafʿalu
does
ذَٰلِكَ
dhālika
that
مِنكُمْ
minkum
among you
إِلَّا
illā
except
خِزْىٌۭ
khiz'yun
disgrace
فِى
fī
in
ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ
l-ḥayati
the life
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ
l-dun'yā
(of) the world
وَيَوْمَ
wayawma
and (on the) Day
ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ
l-qiyāmati
of [the] Resurrection
يُرَدُّونَ
yuraddūna
they will be sent back
إِلَىٰٓ
ilā
to
أَشَدِّ
ashaddi
(the) most severe
ٱلْعَذَابِ ۗ
l-ʿadhābi
punishment
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
(is) Allah
بِغَـٰفِلٍ
bighāfilin
unaware
عَمَّا
ʿammā
of what
تَعْمَلُونَ
taʿmalūna
you do
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.
85. 1. In the time of the Noble Prophet ﷺ, there were two tribes of the Ansar (who were polytheists before Islam): Aws and Khazraj. They were constantly at war with each other. Similarly, there were three Jewish tribes in Madinah: Banu Qaynuqa, Banu Nadhir, and Banu Qurayzah. They also used to fight among themselves. Banu Qurayzah were allies (companions) of Aws, and Banu Qaynuqa and Banu Nadhir were allies of Banu Khazraj. In war, they would help their respective allies (companions), and would kill their own fellow Jews, loot their homes, and exile them, even though according to the Torah, doing so was forbidden for them. But when those same Jews, due to being overpowered, became captives, they would ransom them and say that this is what we have been commanded in the Torah. In these verses, this very behavior of the Jews is described: that they had made the Shariah like a nose of wax. They would believe in some things and abandon others, act upon some commands, and at times give no importance to the command of the Shariah. Killing, exile, and helping against each other were also forbidden in their Shariah, yet they committed these acts without restraint, and acted upon the command of ransoming captives, whereas if they had observed the first three matters, the situation of ransoming would not have arisen at all.
