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 Surah Al-Baqarah 2:97-98 [12/40] ↕
  
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قُلْSay,
مَن`Whoever
كَانَis
عَدُوًّاan enemy
لِّجِبْرِيلَto Jibreel -
فَإِنَّهُۥthen indeed he
نَزَّلَهُۥbrought it down
عَلَىٰon
قَلْبِكَyour heart
بِإِذْنِby (the) permission
ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah
مُصَدِّقًاconfirming
لِّمَاwhat
بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ(was) before it
وَهُدًىand a guidance
وَبُشْرَىٰand glad tiding(s)
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَfor the believers.`
﴿٩٧﴾
مَنWhoever
كَانَis
عَدُوًّاan enemy
لِّلَّهِ(to) Allah
وَمَلَـٰٓئِكَتِهِۦand His Angels,
وَرُسُلِهِۦand His Messengers,
وَجِبْرِيلَand Jibreel,
وَمِيكَـٰلَand Meekael,
فَإِنَّthen indeed
ٱللَّهَAllah
عَدُوٌّ(is) an enemy
لِّلْكَـٰفِرِينَto the disbelievers.
﴿٩٨﴾

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 
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.”
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.