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Al-Baqarah 2:90

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بِئْسَمَا ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ ۚ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

How wretched is that for which they sold themselves - that they would disbelieve in what Allāh has revealed through [their] outrage that Allāh would send down His favor upon whom He wills from among His servants. So they returned having [earned] wrath upon wrath. And for the disbelievers is a humiliating punishment.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

قَبُحَ ما اختاره بنو إسرائيل لأنفسهم; إذ استبدلوا الكفر بالإيمان ظلمًا وحسدًا لإنزال الله من فضله القرآن على نبي الله ورسوله محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، فرجعوا بغضب من الله عليهم بسبب جحودهم بالنبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، بعد غضب الله كذلك عليهم بسبب تحريفهم التوراة. وللجاحدين نبوَّة محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم عذابٌ يذلُّهم ويخزيهم.

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