And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We (16:118)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

As to the Jews, We forbade them -for their iniquities- the things We have already mentioned to you O Muhammad earlier* We never wronged them but it was they who always wronged themselves

Tafseer Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi

(16:118) To the Jews We had especially forbidden the things *117 We have already related to you, *118 and it was not We who imposed this hardship on them, but they imposed the hardship themselves.

And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We meaning

*117) In this paragraph (vv. 118-124), answers to the objections raised by the disbelievers of Makkah concerning the Commandments contained in vv. 114-117 have been given. Their first objection was: "Besides the above-mentioned unlawful things, there arc other unlawful things in the Jewish Law which have been made lawful by you. If that law was from Allah and yours is also from Allah why do they then contradict each other?" Their second objection was: "You have abrogated the sanctity of the Sabbath of the Israelites. Have you done this of your own accord or by Allah's Command? In the latter case then will be an obvious contradiction in the two laws. Or has Allah Himself given two contradictory Commandments?"
*118) This refers to: "And We prohibited all animals with claws to those people who had adopted Judaism...." (VI: 146). In this verse (117) Allah has stated that certain things were made unlawful because of the disobedience of the Jews.
Here a question arises: Which of the two Surahs, Al-An`am or An-Nahl, was first revealed? This is because in verse 118, a reference has been made to verse 146 of Al-An`am and in verse 119 of Al-An`am, "And why should you not eat that thing over which Allah's name has been mentioned, when He has already given you a detail of those things that have been declared to be unlawful for you except m case of extremity....?", a reference has been made to verse 115 of AnNahl. This is because these are the only two Makki Surahs in which details of unlawful things have been given. As regards the question, we are of the opinion that An-NahI was revealed earlier than AI-An`am, for verse 119 of the latter contains a reference to verse 115 of the former. It appears that after the revelation of Surah AI-An`am, the disbelievers raised objections in regard to these verses of An-Nahl. So they were referred to verse 146 of AI-An`am in which a few things were made unlawful, especially for the Jews. As this answer concerned An-Nahl, so verse 118, though it was revealed after the revelation of AI-An`am, was inserted as a parenthetical clause in An-Nahl.
 

And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We meaning in Urdu

وہ چیزیں ہم نے خاص طور پر یہودیوں کے لیے حرام کی تھیں جن کا ذکر ہم اس سے پہلے تم سے کر چکے ہیں اور یہ اُن پر ہمارا ظلم نہ تھا بلکہ اُن کا اپنا ہی ظلم تھا جو وہ اپنے اوپر کر رہے تھے