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Scholarly commentary explaining a verse — its context, its meaning and how the scholars have understood it.

An-Nahl 16:118

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وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا مَا قَصَصْنَا عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ ۖ وَمَا ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before. And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وعلى اليهود حَرَّمنا ما أخبرناك به -أيها الرسول- مِن قبل، وهو كل ذي ظُفُر، وشحوم البقر والغنم، إلا ما حَمَلَتْه ظهورها أو أمعاؤها أو كان مختلطًا بعظم، وما ظلمناهم بتحريم ذلك عليهم، ولكن كانوا ظالمين لأنفسهم بالكفر والبغي، فاستحقوا التحريم عقوبة لهم.

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