All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel (3:93)

Almuntakhab Fi Tafsir Alquran Alkarim

All articles of food were lawful to Bani Isra‘il except what Ya’qub forbade to himself. His children followed suit before Mussa was sent and AL-Tawrah revealed. Say to them, O Muhammad: Bring AL-Tawrah and read its text if what you are negating is true

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

(3:93) All food (that is lawful in the Law revealed to Muhammad) was lawful to the Children of Israel, *76 except what Israel *77 made unlawful to themselves before the revelation of the Torah. Tell them: 'Bring the Torah and recite any passage of it if you are truthful.'

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel meaning

*76). When the Jewish rabbis found no grounds for criticizing the fundamental teachings of the Prophet (there was no difference between the teachings of the previous Prophets and that of the Arabian Prophet on matters which constitute the core of religion), they raised objections about the details of religious law. The first objection was that the Prophet (peace be on him) had declared lawful a number of things which had been reckoned as unlawful since the time of the ancient Prophets. What is said here is a refutation of that objection.
*77). If 'Israel' is taken to mean the 'Children of Israel' then the interpretation of this verse must be that before the revelation of the Torah they treated a number of things as prohibited on the grounds of custom and usage alone. If, however, 'Israel' signifies Jacob (Ya'qub) then, the meaning is that he avoided the use of certain foods, which his descendants wrongly understood to be religiously prohibited, as a result of either a temperamental dislike or an ailment. This latter version is more commonly accepted. It becomes clear from the next verse that the Biblical injunction regarding the prohibition of the flesh of camels and rabbits was not part of the original Torah but an interpolation by Jewish doctors. (For a detailed discussion see Surah 6, n. 122 below.)
 

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel meaning in Urdu

کھانے کی یہ ساری چیزیں (جو شریعت محمدیؐ میں حلال ہیں) بنی اسرائیل کے لیے بھی حلال تھیں، البتہ بعض چیزیں ایسی تھیں جنہیں توراۃ کے نازل کیے جانے سے پہلے اسرائیل نے خود اپنے اوپر حرام کر لیا تھا ان سے کہو، اگر تم (ا پنے اعتراض میں) سچے ہو تو لاؤ توراۃ اور پیش کرو اس کی کوئی عبارت