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Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 19
إِنَّ ٱلدِّينَ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمُ ۗ وَمَا ٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعِلْمُ بَغْيًۢا بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ وَمَن يَكْفُرْ بِـَٔايَـٰتِ ٱللَّهِ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَرِيعُ ٱلْحِسَابِ ﴿19﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Truly, the religion with Allâh is Islâm. Those who were given the Scripture (Jews and Christians) did not differ except, out of mutual jealousy, after knowledge had come to them. And whoever disbelieves in the Ayât (proofs, evidence, verses, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allâh, then surely, Allâh is Swift in calling to account.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱلدِّينَ
l-dīna
the religion
عِندَ
ʿinda
near
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمُ ۗ
l-is'lāmu
(is) Islam
وَمَا
wamā
And not
ٱخْتَلَفَ
ikh'talafa
differed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
أُوتُوا۟
ūtū
were given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
إِلَّا
illā
except
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِ
baʿdi
after
مَا
mā
[what]
جَآءَهُمُ
jāahumu
came to them
ٱلْعِلْمُ
l-ʿil'mu
[the] knowledge
بَغْيًۢا
baghyan
out of envy
بَيْنَهُمْ ۗ
baynahum
among them
وَمَن
waman
And whoever
يَكْفُرْ
yakfur
disbelieves
بِـَٔايَـٰتِ
biāyāti
in (the) Verses
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
فَإِنَّ
fa-inna
then indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
سَرِيعُ
sarīʿu
(is) swift
ٱلْحِسَابِ
l-ḥisābi
(in taking) account
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.
19. 1 Islam is the same religion whose call and teachings every prophet gave in their respective eras, and its most complete form is the one that the Last Prophet, Muhammad ﷺ, presented to the world, in which one must have faith and belief in Tawheed, Prophethood, and the Hereafter in the manner that the Noble Prophet ﷺ has explained. Merely holding the belief that Allah is One or performing some good deeds is not Islam, nor will it grant salvation in the Hereafter. Faith, Islam, and religion will not be accepted by Allah. (__QUR_25:1__) Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His servant so that he may be a warner to the worlds. And in the hadith, the Prophet ﷺ said: By Him in Whose hand is my soul, whoever from among the Jews or Christians dies without believing in me, he is of the people of Hell. (Sahih Muslim) For this reason, He ﷺ wrote letters to all the rulers and kings of your time, inviting them to accept Islam (see Ibn Kathir).
19. 2 By their mutual differences is meant the disagreements that those who believed in the same religion created among themselves, for example, the mutual differences and sectarianism among the Jews, likewise the mutual differences and sectarianism among the Christians. Then, it also refers to the differences that existed between the People of the Book, due to which the Jews would say to the Christians and the Christians to the Jews, "You are upon nothing." The disagreement regarding the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ and the Prophethood of Isa (عليه السلام) also falls under this. Moreover, all these differences were not based on evidence, but merely due to jealousy, malice, and stubbornness, meaning that these people, despite knowing and recognizing the truth, remained firm on falsehood just for their imagined worldly interests. Regrettably, today a large number of Muslim scholars are walking on the same wrong path for the same wrong objectives.
19. 3 Here, by verses are meant those verses which indicate that Islam is the religion of Allah.
19. 2 By their mutual differences is meant the disagreements that those who believed in the same religion created among themselves, for example, the mutual differences and sectarianism among the Jews, likewise the mutual differences and sectarianism among the Christians. Then, it also refers to the differences that existed between the People of the Book, due to which the Jews would say to the Christians and the Christians to the Jews, "You are upon nothing." The disagreement regarding the Prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ and the Prophethood of Isa (عليه السلام) also falls under this. Moreover, all these differences were not based on evidence, but merely due to jealousy, malice, and stubbornness, meaning that these people, despite knowing and recognizing the truth, remained firm on falsehood just for their imagined worldly interests. Regrettably, today a large number of Muslim scholars are walking on the same wrong path for the same wrong objectives.
19. 3 Here, by verses are meant those verses which indicate that Islam is the religion of Allah.
