Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 5 Al-Ma'idah, Ayat 44-44
اِنَّاۤ اَنۡزَلۡنَا التَّوۡرٰٮةَ فِيۡهَا هُدًى وَّنُوۡرٌ ۚ يَحۡكُمُ بِهَا النَّبِيُّوۡنَ الَّذِيۡنَ اَسۡلَمُوۡا لِلَّذِيۡنَ هَادُوۡا وَ الرَّبَّانِيُّوۡنَ وَالۡاَحۡبَارُ بِمَا اسۡتُحۡفِظُوۡا مِنۡ كِتٰبِ اللّٰهِ وَكَانُوۡا عَلَيۡهِ شُهَدَآءَ ۚ فَلَا تَخۡشَوُا النَّاسَ وَاخۡشَوۡنِ وَلَا تَشۡتَرُوۡا بِاٰيٰتِىۡ ثَمَنًا قَلِيۡلًا ؕ وَمَنۡ لَّمۡ يَحۡكُمۡ بِمَاۤ اَنۡزَلَ اللّٰهُ فَاُولٰٓـئِكَ هُمُ الۡكٰفِرُوۡنَ
﴿5:44﴾
(5:44) Surely We revealed the Torah, wherein there is guidance and light.
Thereby did Prophets - who had submitted themselves (to Allah) - judge for the
Judaized folk;72 and so did the scholars and jurists.73
They judged by the Book of Allah for they had been entrusted to keep it, and
bear witness to it. So (O Jews!) do not fear men but fear Me, and do not barter
away My signs for a trivial gain. Those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed
are indeed the unbelievers.
Notes
72.Here the verse tells the Jews that all the Prophets were muslims (submitters
to God) whereas the Jews had deviated from islam (submission to God), and true
to their chauvinistic sectarianism, were content with remaining merely 'Jews'.
73.Rabbani = religious scholars, theologians. Ahbar = religious jurists.