Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:101

2:101

وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ كِتَـٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ 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

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].

— Saheeh International

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,

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And when there came to them a Messenger from Allâh (i.e. Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) confirming what was with them, a party of those who were given the Scripture threw away the Book of Allâh behind their backs as if they did not know!

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَلَمَّاwalammāAnd when
جَآءَهُمْjāahumcame to them
رَسُولٌۭrasūluna Messenger
مِّنْmin(of)
عِندِʿindifrom
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
مُصَدِّقٌۭmuṣaddiqunconfirming
لِّمَاlimāwhat
مَعَهُمْmaʿahum(was) with them
نَبَذَnabadhathrew away
فَرِيقٌۭfarīquna party
مِّنَminaof
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
أُوتُوا۟ūtūwere given
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَl-kitābathe Book
كِتَـٰبَkitāba(the) Book
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَرَآءَwarāabehind
ظُهُورِهِمْẓuhūrihimtheir backs
كَأَنَّهُمْka-annahumas if they
لَاlā(do) not
يَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow