سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 146
ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ ۖ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿146﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Those to whom We gave the Scripture (Jews and Christians) recognise him (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم or the Ka‘bah at Makkah) as they recognise their sons. But verily, a party of them conceal the truth while they know it - [i.e. the qualities of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم which are written in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel)].
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
(To) those whom
ءَاتَيْنَـٰهُمُ
ātaynāhumu
We gave [them]
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Book
يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ
yaʿrifūnahu
they recognize it
كَمَا
kamā
like
يَعْرِفُونَ
yaʿrifūna
they recognize
أَبْنَآءَهُمْ ۖ
abnāahum
their sons
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
فَرِيقًۭا
farīqan
a group
مِّنْهُمْ
min'hum
of them
لَيَكْتُمُونَ
layaktumūna
surely they conceal
ٱلْحَقَّ
l-ḥaqa
the Truth
وَهُمْ
wahum
while they
يَعْلَمُونَ
yaʿlamūna
know
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146. Those to whom We gave the Book (the Torah) recognize this (Ka'bah) as they recognize their own sons [183]. Yet, indeed, a group among them knowingly conceals the truth.
[183]
The Jews Had Complete Knowledge of the First Qiblah:
Among the Arabs, there is an expression that when they have no doubt whatsoever about something, they say that a person recognizes it as he recognizes his own son. The Jewish and Christian scholars knew very well that Prophet Ibrahim, whom they claim to follow and whose community they claim to belong to, built the Ka'bah and appointed it as the Qiblah. Bayt al-Maqdis, on the other hand, was built thirteen hundred years later by Prophet Sulaiman ؑ. Furthermore, there is no mention anywhere in the Torah or the Gospel of Bayt al-Maqdis being appointed as the Qiblah. There was no room for any doubt or uncertainty in this historical fact, and they also knew very well that the first and true Qiblah is the Ka'bah. However, they do not reveal this fact to the public.
[183]
The Jews Had Complete Knowledge of the First Qiblah:
Among the Arabs, there is an expression that when they have no doubt whatsoever about something, they say that a person recognizes it as he recognizes his own son. The Jewish and Christian scholars knew very well that Prophet Ibrahim, whom they claim to follow and whose community they claim to belong to, built the Ka'bah and appointed it as the Qiblah. Bayt al-Maqdis, on the other hand, was built thirteen hundred years later by Prophet Sulaiman ؑ. Furthermore, there is no mention anywhere in the Torah or the Gospel of Bayt al-Maqdis being appointed as the Qiblah. There was no room for any doubt or uncertainty in this historical fact, and they also knew very well that the first and true Qiblah is the Ka'bah. However, they do not reveal this fact to the public.
