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

Al-Ma'idah 5:14

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وَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا نَصَـٰرَىٰٓ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَـٰقَهُمْ فَنَسُوا۟ حَظًّا مِّمَّا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦ فَأَغْرَيْنَا بَيْنَهُمُ ٱلْعَدَاوَةَ وَٱلْبَغْضَآءَ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۚ وَسَوْفَ يُنَبِّئُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْنَعُونَ

And from those who say, "We are Christians" We took their covenant; but they forgot a portion of that of which they were reminded. So We caused among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. And Allāh is going to inform them about what they used to do.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

وأخذنا على الذين ادَّعوا أنهم أتباع المسيح عيسى -وليسوا كذلك- العهد المؤكد الذي أخذناه على بني إسرائيل: بأن يُتابعوا رسولهم وينصروه ويؤازروه، فبدَّلوا دينهم، وتركوا نصيبًا مما ذكروا به، فلم يعملوا به، كما صنع اليهود، فألقينا بينهم العداوة والبغضاء إلى يوم القيامة، وسوف ينبئهم الله بما كانوا يصنعون يوم الحساب، وسيعاقبهم على صنيعهم.

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