Surah at-Taubah (Repentance ) 9 : 30
Translations
Pickthall
Yusuf Ali
Qur'an Dictionary
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(9:30:1) waqālati And said |
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(9:30:4) ub'nu (is) son |
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(9:30:5) l-lahi (of) Allah |
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(9:30:6) waqālati And said |
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(9:30:7) l-naṣārā the Christians |
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(9:30:9) ub'nu (is) son |
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(9:30:10) l-lahi (of) Allah |
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(9:30:12) qawluhum (is) their saying |
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(9:30:13) bi-afwāhihim with their mouths |
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(9:30:14) yuḍāhiūna they imitate |
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(9:30:15) qawla the saying |
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(9:30:16) alladhīna (of) those who |
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(9:30:17) kafarū disbelieved |
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(9:30:19) qablu before |
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(9:30:20) qātalahumu (May) Allah destroy them |
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(9:30:21) l-lahu (May) Allah destroy them |
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(9:30:22) annā How |
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(9:30:23) yu'fakūna deluded are they |
Explanatory Note
The Christian claim that Jesus Christ is the son of God is well known. This has been their belief ever since Paul distorted the Christian faith. On the other hand, the claim by the Jews that Ezra was the son of God is not known today. What we find today in Jewish religious writings about Ezra is a description which shows him as a skilful scribe of the Torah and that he dedicated himself to the pursuit of knowledge of the Lord’s law. Nevertheless, the fact that the Qur’ān attributes to them this assertion that Ezra was the son of God is irrefutable evidence that at least some of them, particularly the Jews of Madinah, used to believe so and that this was commonly accepted among them. The Qur’ān faced the Jews and the Christians in an open and clear way. Had there been anything untrue in what it attributed to them, they would have found in it a valid argument to support their denial of the truth of the Prophet’s message.This verse, which makes it clear that the people of earlier revelations have adopted idolatrous beliefs, is concluded with these words: “May God destroy them! How perverse they are!” Yes indeed. “May God destroy them!” How they overlook the simple truth which is clear and straightforward to adopt ambiguous and complex idolatrous concepts which have no logical or coherent basis.