Verse. 394

٣ - آلِ عِمْرَان

3 - Al-Imran

وَكَيْفَ تَكْفُرُوْنَ وَاَنْتُمْ تُتْلٰى عَلَيْكُمْ اٰيٰتُ اللہِ وَفِيْكُمْ رَسُوْلُہٗ۝۰ۭ وَمَنْ يَّعْتَصِمْ بِاللہِ فَقَدْ ھُدِيَ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُّسْتَـقِيْمٍ۝۱۰۱ۧ
Wakayfa takfuroona waantum tutla AAalaykum ayatu Allahi wafeekum rasooluhu waman yaAAtasim biAllahi faqad hudiya ila siratin mustaqeemin

English

Ahmed Ali

And how can you disbelieve? To you are being recited the messages of God, and His prophet is among you. And whosoever holds fast to God shall verily be guided to the path that is straight.

101

Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (how can ye disbelieve) in allah. this is mentioned by way of amazement, (when it is ye unto whom allah's revelations) the qur'an containing commands and prohibitions (are recited, and his messenger) muhammad (is in your midst?) with you. (he who holdeth fast to allah) he who adheres to allah's religion and his book, (he indeed is guided unto a right path) he is directed along a clear, solid way, which is islam; it is also said this means: he has become firm on this way. this verse was revealed about mu'adh [ibn jabal] and his companions.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : how can you disbelieve (this is an interrogative of amazement and rebuke) while you have god’s verses recited to you, and his messenger is in your midst? whoever holds fast to, clings to, god, he is guided to a straight path.

Ali ibn Ahmad al-Wahidi

تفسير : (how can ye disbelieve….) [3:101]. ahmad ibn al-hasan al-hiri informed us> muhammad ibn ya'qub> al-'abbas al-duri> abu nu'aym al-fadl ibn dukayn> qays ibn al-rabi'> al-agharr> khalifah ibn husayn> abu nasr> ibn 'abbas who said: “the aws and the khazraj had a feud in the pre-islamic period. one day, they mentioned to each other what had happened in that period and this led them to brandish their swords at each others. upon being informed of what was happening, the messenger of allah, allah bless him and give him peace, went to them and this verse was revealed (how can ye disbelieve, when it is ye unto whom allah's revelations are recited, and his messenger is in your midst?) up to his saying (and hold fast, all of you together, to the cable of allah, and do not separate) [3:103]”. al-sharif isma'il ibn al-hasan ibn muhammad ibn al-husayn al-naqib informed us> his grandfather muhammad ibn al-husayn> ahmad ibn muhammad ibn al-hasan al-hafiz> hatim ibn yunus al-jurjani> ibrahim ibn abi al-layth> al-ashja'i> sufyan> khalifah ibn husayn> abu nasr> ibn 'abbas who said: “the aws and the khazraj were one day talking and became angry with each other to the extent that war nearly broke out between them. they had taken arms and marched toward each other. then the verse (how can ye disbelieve, when it is ye unto whom allah's revelations are recited) up to his saying (he did save you from it…)”.