Quran 2:101 — Al-Baqara, verse 101
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When God sent them a messenger confirming the Scriptures they already had, some of those who had received the Scripture before threw the Book of God over their shoulders as if they had no knowledge,
وَلَمَّا جَاءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
walammā jāahum rasūlun min ʿindi l-lahi muṣaddiqun limā maʿahum nabadha farīqun mina alladhīna ūtū l-kitāba kitāba l-lahi warāa ẓuhūrihim ka-annahum lā yaʿlamūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- When there has come to them a Messenger from God confirming what was with them, a party of them that were given the Book reject the Book of God behind their backs, as though they knew not,
- Muhammad Asad
- And [even now,] when there has come unto them an apostle from God, confirming the truth already in their possession, some of those who were granted revelation aforetime cast the divine writ behind their backs as though unaware [of what it says],
- Sahih International
- And when a messenger from Allāh came to them confirming that which was with them, a party of those who had been given the Scripture threw the Scripture of Allāh [i.e., the Torah] behind their backs as if they did not know [what it contained].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَلَمَّاwalammā | And when | — |
| 2 | جَآءَهُمْjāahum | came to them | جيأ |
| 3 | رَسُولٌۭrasūlun | a Messenger | رسل |
| 4 | مِّنْmin | (of) | — |
| 5 | عِندِʿindi | from | عند |
| 6 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 7 | مُصَدِّقٌۭmuṣaddiqun | confirming | صدق |
| 8 | لِّمَاlimā | what | — |
| 9 | مَعَهُمْmaʿahum | (was) with them | — |
| 10 | نَبَذَnabadha | threw away | نبذ |
| 11 | فَرِيقٌۭfarīqun | a party | فرق |
| 12 | مِّنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 14 | أُوتُوا۟ūtū | were given | أتي |
| 15 | ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitāba | the Book | كتب |
| 16 | كِتَـٰبَkitāba | (the) Book | كتب |
| 17 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 18 | وَرَآءَwarāa | behind | وري |
| 19 | ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihim | their backs | ظهر |
| 20 | كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahum | as if they | — |
| 21 | لَاlā | (do) not | — |
| 22 | يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūna | know | علم |