سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 100
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَرُدُّوكُم بَعْدَ إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ كَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿100﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! If you obey a group of those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians), they would (indeed) render you disbelievers after you have believed!
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوٓا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
إِن
in
If
تُطِيعُوا۟
tuṭīʿū
you obey
فَرِيقًۭا
farīqan
a group
مِّنَ
mina
from
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
يَرُدُّوكُم
yaruddūkum
they will turn you back
بَعْدَ
baʿda
after
إِيمَـٰنِكُمْ
īmānikum
your belief
كَـٰفِرِينَ
kāfirīna
(as) disbelievers
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.
10. 1. After mentioning the deceit and cunning of the Jews and their reprehensible attempts to mislead the Muslims, the Muslims are being warned that you too should beware of their conspiracies, and despite the recitation of the Qur'an and the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, do not get caught in the trap of the Jews. The background of this is described in the exegetical narrations as follows: The two tribes of the Ansar, Aws and Khazraj, were sitting together in a gathering and conversing with each other when Shas bin Qais, a Jew, passed by them and, seeing their mutual affection, became enraged. Previously, they were bitter enemies of each other, but now, due to the blessing of Islam, they had become united. He assigned a young man the task of mentioning the Battle of Bu'ath, which had taken place between them shortly before the Hijrah. They had recited war poetry against each other; he was to recite these to them. Accordingly, he did so, which inflamed the emotions between the two tribes, and they began to abuse each other, to the extent that they started calling for weapons and were on the verge of fighting each other. At that moment, the Prophet ﷺ arrived and reasoned with them, and they refrained. Upon this, this verse and those that follow were revealed (Ibn Kathir).
