Surah Aal-i-Imraan (3) — Ayah 93

(Ayah 94,93){كُلُّ الطَّعَامِ …:} In the above verses, arguments have been presented to establish the Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and accusations have been established against the People of the Book. Now, from here, the answers to their doubts are given, which they used to raise regarding your Prophethood (peace and blessings be upon him). (Razi) When the Qur'an stated that due to the oppression and rebellion of the Jews, many things were made forbidden for them [ النساء : ۱۶۰۔ الانعام : ۱۴۶] which were lawful during the time of the Prophethood of Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the Jews denied these verses and said that these things have been forbidden since the time of Ibrahim (peace be upon him). Upon this, these verses were revealed. (Shawkani) Some commentators have written in the context of the revelation of these verses (94,93) that the Jews did not believe in abrogation in the Torah, and the Jews also denied Isa (peace be upon him) for this reason, that he declared some forbidden things in the Torah as lawful, and for this reason, they also objected to the abrogation and abrogated verses in the Qur'an. So, in response to them, these verses were revealed that this abrogation is also present in your own Shariah, that until the Torah was revealed, all foods were lawful for you, including camel meat and milk. Then, when Yaqub (peace be upon him) was afflicted with sciatica, he, upon recovery, vowed to make camel meat forbidden for himself. Then, when the Torah was revealed, camel meat and milk were declared forbidden in it. (Ibn Kathir, Al-Kashshaf) This vow of making the lawful unlawful was permissible in their Shariah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself, in one incident, made honey unlawful for himself, though it was not a vow, but the Qur'an forbade such vows and making the lawful unlawful, and prescribed expiation for it. For details, see Surah At-Tahrim.

Some have written that the Jews also raised this objection regarding the Prophethood of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that this Prophet claims to be a follower of the religion of Ibrahim, and eats camel meat, whereas this meat is forbidden in the religion of Ibrahim. Upon this, these verses were revealed that before the revelation of the Torah, all these things were lawful, so how could they be forbidden in the religion of Ibrahim? If you are truthful in your claim, then show it in the Torah, otherwise refrain from fabricating such slanders against Allah. (Ibn Kathir)

In Musnad Ahmad, it is mentioned from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Jews asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) four questions and their answers. One of them was: What were the foods that Yaqub (peace be upon him) made unlawful for himself before the Torah was revealed? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) replied that Israel, that is, Yaqub (peace be upon him), when he became seriously ill and his illness became prolonged, he vowed that if Allah granted him recovery, he would give up his favorite food and favorite drink, and his favorite food was camel meat and his favorite drink was camel milk. Upon hearing this, the Jews affirmed his answer. He said: "O Allah! Be a witness over them." [ أحمد : 278/1، ح : ۲۵۱۸، و حسنہ و صححہ أحمد شاکر و الحاکم و وافقہ الذھبی۔ المعجم الکبیر للطبرانی : 191،190/12، ح : ۱۳۰۱۲ ] The relevance of this incident with «لَنْ تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتّٰى تُنْفِقُوْا مِمَّا تُحِبُّوْنَ» is also evident.