سُوْرَةُ البَقَرَةِ
Surah Al-Baqara (2) — Ayah 79
فَوَيْلٌ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَـٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا ۖ فَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ ﴿79﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Then woe to those who write the Book with their own hands and then say, "This is from Allâh," to purchase with it a little price! Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for that they earn thereby.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَوَيْلٌۭ
fawaylun
So woe
لِّلَّذِينَ
lilladhīna
to those who
يَكْتُبُونَ
yaktubūna
write
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the book
بِأَيْدِيهِمْ
bi-aydīhim
with their (own) hands
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
يَقُولُونَ
yaqūlūna
they say
هَـٰذَا
hādhā
This
مِنْ
min
(is)
عِندِ
ʿindi
from
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
Allah
لِيَشْتَرُوا۟
liyashtarū
to barter
بِهِۦ
bihi
with it
ثَمَنًۭا
thamanan
(for) a price
قَلِيلًۭا ۖ
qalīlan
little
فَوَيْلٌۭ
fawaylun
So woe
لَّهُم
lahum
to them
مِّمَّا
mimmā
for what
كَتَبَتْ
katabat
have written
أَيْدِيهِمْ
aydīhim
their hands
وَوَيْلٌۭ
wawaylun
and woe
لَّهُم
lahum
to them
مِّمَّا
mimmā
for what
يَكْسِبُونَ
yaksibūna
they earn
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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So woe to those who write the Book (legal rulings, etc.) with their own hands (according to their desires), then say, "This is from Allah," so that they may gain a small price [93] for it. Woe to them for what their hands have written, and woe to them for what they earn.
[93]
The Earnings from False Fatwas:
The condition of the Jewish scholars was such that they had mixed the commentaries of the Torah and the fatwas of the scholars into the Torah itself. Then they would present it to the common people as if all of it was revealed from Allah. Their sole purpose in this was to acquire worldly wealth and riches, and the interpretations of their commentators, the philosophical ideas of their thinkers, the legal judgments of their jurists, and their national historical events—all these things were included in the Bible. And it was made obligatory to have faith in all of this. From such a collection, they faced no difficulty in issuing or writing any kind of fatwa, and according to the nature of the crimes, they would charge whatever price they wished for their fatwas.
[93]
The Earnings from False Fatwas:
The condition of the Jewish scholars was such that they had mixed the commentaries of the Torah and the fatwas of the scholars into the Torah itself. Then they would present it to the common people as if all of it was revealed from Allah. Their sole purpose in this was to acquire worldly wealth and riches, and the interpretations of their commentators, the philosophical ideas of their thinkers, the legal judgments of their jurists, and their national historical events—all these things were included in the Bible. And it was made obligatory to have faith in all of this. From such a collection, they faced no difficulty in issuing or writing any kind of fatwa, and according to the nature of the crimes, they would charge whatever price they wished for their fatwas.
