قُلۡ مَنۡ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّجِبۡرِيۡلَ فَاِنَّهٗ نَزَّلَهٗ عَلٰى قَلۡبِكَ بِاِذۡنِ اللّٰهِ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيۡنَ يَدَيۡهِ وَهُدًى وَّبُشۡرٰى لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِيۡنَ
مَنۡ كَانَ عَدُوًّا لِّلّٰهِ وَمَلٰٓـئِکَتِهٖ وَ رُسُلِهٖ وَجِبۡرِيۡلَ وَمِيۡكٰٮلَ فَاِنَّ اللّٰهَ عَدُوٌّ لِّلۡكٰفِرِيۡنَ
وَلَقَدۡ اَنۡزَلۡنَآ اِلَيۡكَ اٰيٰتٍۢ بَيِّنٰتٍۚ وَمَا يَكۡفُرُ بِهَآ اِلَّا الۡفٰسِقُوۡنَ
اَوَکُلَّمَا عٰهَدُوۡا عَهۡدًا نَّبَذَهٗ فَرِيۡقٌ مِّنۡهُمۡؕ بَلۡ اَكۡثَرُهُمۡ لَا يُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ
Translation
(2:97) Say: “Whoever is an enemy to Gabriel100 (should know
that) he revealed this (Qur’an) to your heart by Allah’s101 leave:
it confirms the Scriptures revealed before it,102 and is a guidance
and good tiding to the people of faith.103 (2:98) (And if this is the cause of their hostility to Gabriel, let them
know) whoever is an enemy to Allah, His Angels and His Messengers and to Gabriel
and Michael will surely find Allah an enemy to such unbelievers.” (2:99) We surely sent down to you clear verses that elucidate the Truth,
(verses) which only the transgressors reject as false. (2:100) Is it not that every time they made a covenant with Allah a party
of them set it aside? The truth is that most of them do not truly believe.
Commentary
100. The Jews not only reviled the Prophet (peace be on him) and his followers
but also God's chosen angel, Gabriel, denouncing him as their enemy, and branding
him as the angel of curse rather than of blessing.
101. Since Gabriel communicated the revealed messages with God's approval
the abuses of the Jews which were apparently aimed at Gabriel should be considered
as directed at God.
102. They abused Gabriel because he had brought the Qur'an from God, and
since the Qur'an on the whole confirms the Torah this too became a co-sharer
in those abuses.
103. Here there is a subtle suggestion that the wrath of the Jews was, in
fact, directed against true guidance and righteousness even though acceptance
of these would have brought them good tidings as to their own success.
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