سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 65
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ لِمَ تُحَآجُّونَ فِىٓ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَمَآ أُنزِلَتِ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ وَٱلْإِنجِيلُ إِلَّا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴿65﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Why do you dispute about Ibrâhîm (Abraham), while the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) were not revealed till after him? Have you then no sense?
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
لِمَ
lima
Why
تُحَآجُّونَ
tuḥājjūna
(do) you argue
فِىٓ
fī
concerning
إِبْرَٰهِيمَ
ib'rāhīma
Ibrahim
وَمَآ
wamā
while not
أُنزِلَتِ
unzilati
was revealed
ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ
l-tawrātu
the Taurat
وَٱلْإِنجِيلُ
wal-injīlu
and the Injeel
إِلَّا
illā
except
مِنۢ
min
from
بَعْدِهِۦٓ ۚ
baʿdihi
after him
أَفَلَا
afalā
Then why don't
تَعْقِلُونَ
taʿqilūna
you use your intellect
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.
65. 1. The meaning of disputing about Hazrat Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) is that both Jews and Christians claimed that Hazrat Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) was upon their religion, even though the Torah, in which the Jews believe, and the Gospel, which the Christians accept, were both revealed hundreds of years after Hazrat Ibrahim (علیہ السلام). So how could Hazrat Ibrahim (علیہ السلام) be a Jew or a Christian? There was a gap of one thousand years between Hazrat Ibrahim and Musa (علیہما السلام), and a gap of two thousand years between Hazrat Ibrahim and Isa (علیہما السلام). (Qurtubi)
