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

Al-Ma'idah 5:78

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لُعِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَلَىٰ لِسَانِ دَاوُۥدَ وَعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوا۟ وَّكَانُوا۟ يَعْتَدُونَ

Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

يخبر تعالى أنه طرد من رحمته الكافرين من بني إسرائيل في الكتاب الذي أنزله على داود -عليه السلام- وهو الزَّبور، وفي الكتاب الذي أنزله على عيسى - عليه السلام - وهو الإنجيل; بسبب عصيانهم واعتدائهم على حرمات الله.

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