3. Sūrat Āli ʿImrān

٣۔ سُورَةُ آل عِمرَان

3.29 Lawful and unlawful food for the Children of Israel.

٣۔٢٩ مقطع في سُورَةُ آل عِمرَان

quran:3:93

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel had made unlawful to himself before the Torah was revealed. Say, ˹O Muhammad˺, "So bring the Torah and recite it, if you should be truthful."  

When the Jews said to the Prophet, ‘You claim that you follow the creed of Abraham, but Abraham did not eat camel’s meat nor drink its milk’, the following was revealed: All food was lawful to the Children of Israel save what Israel, Jacob, forbade for himself, namely, camels: when he was afflicted with sciatica (‘irq alnasā), he made a vow that if he were cured he would not eat of it again, and so it was forbidden him; before the Torah was revealed, which was after the time of Abraham, as it was not unlawful in his time, as they claimed. Say, to them: ‘Bring the Torah now, and recite it, so that the truth of what you say may become clear, if you are truthful’, in what you say; they were stupified and did not bring it ˹the Torah˺. God, exalted be He, then said:
القرآن:٣:٩٣

كُلُّ الطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَائِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ تُنَزَّلَ التَّوْرَاةُ ۗ قُلْ فَأْتُوا بِالتَّوْرَاةِ فَاتْلُوهَا إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَادِقِينَ  

ونزل لما قال اليهود إنك تزعم أنك على ملة إبراهيم وكان لا يأكل لحوم الإبل وألبانها: {كل الطعام كان حِلا} حلالا {لبني إسرائيل إلا ما حرم إسرائيل} يعقوب {على نفسه} وهو الإبل لما حصل له عرق النَّسا بالفتح والقصر فنذر إن شفي لا يأكلها فحرم عليه {من قبل أن تُنَزَّل التوراة} وذلك بعد إبراهيم ولم تكن على عهده حراما كما زعموا {قل} لهم {فأتوا بالتوراة فاتلوها} ليتبين صدق قولكم {إن كنتم صادقين} فيه فبهتوا ولم يأتوا بها قال تعالى.
quran:3:94

And whoever invents about Allah untruth after that - then those are ˹truly˺ the wrongdoers.  

Whoever invents falsehood against God after that, that is, after the proof has become manifest that the prohibition was made by Jacob, and not during the time of Abraham, those are the evildoers, that transgress the truth into falsehood.
القرآن:٣:٩٤

فَمَنِ افْتَرَىٰ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ مِنْ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ فَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الظَّالِمُونَ  

{فمن افترى على الله الكذب من بعد ذلك} أي ظهور الحجة بأن التحريم إنما كان من جهة يعقوب لا على عهد إبراهيم {فأولئك هم الظالمون} المتجاوزون الحق إلى الباطل.
quran:3:95

Say, "Allah has told the truth. So follow the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth; and he was not of the polytheists."  

Say: ‘God has spoken the truth, in this matter, just as He has in all that He has related; therefore follow the creed of Abraham, the one which I follow, a hanīf, inclining away from all religions towards submission (islām), and he was not an idolater’.
القرآن:٣:٩٥

قُلْ صَدَقَ اللَّهُ ۗ فَاتَّبِعُوا مِلَّةَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ  

{قُل صدق الله} في هذا كجميع ما أخبر به {فاتبعوا ملة إبراهيم} التي أنا عليها {حنيفا} مائلا عن كل دين إلى الإسلام {وما كان من المشركين} به.