سُوْرَةُ اٰلِ عِمْرٰنَ
Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 72
وَقَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ ءَامِنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُنزِلَ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَجْهَ ٱلنَّهَارِ وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟ ءَاخِرَهُۥ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ ﴿72﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And a party of the people of the Scripture say: "Believe in the morning in that which is revealed to the believers (Muslims), and reject it at the end of the day, so that they may turn back.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَالَت
waqālat
And said
طَّآئِفَةٌۭ
ṭāifatun
a group
مِّنْ
min
of
أَهْلِ
ahli
(the) People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
ءَامِنُوا۟
āminū
Believe
بِٱلَّذِىٓ
bi-alladhī
in what
أُنزِلَ
unzila
was revealed
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
وَجْهَ
wajha
(at the) beginning
ٱلنَّهَارِ
l-nahāri
(of) the day
وَٱكْفُرُوٓا۟
wa-uk'furū
and reject
ءَاخِرَهُۥ
ākhirahu
(at) its end
لَعَلَّهُمْ
laʿallahum
perhaps they may
يَرْجِعُونَ
yarjiʿūna
return
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.
72. 1. This mentions another scheme of the Jews. With which they wanted to mislead the Muslims, that they mutually decided to become Muslims in the morning so that doubt would arise in the hearts of the Muslims about their own Islam, that these people, after accepting Islam, returned to their own religion, so it is possible that there are such defects and shortcomings in Islam which have come to their knowledge.
