Surah Al Imran ayat 181 Tafsir Quran 3:181

﴿لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَاءُ ۘ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُوا وَقَتْلَهُمُ الْأَنبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُوا عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ﴾
[ آل عمران: 181]

3:181 Allah has certainly heard the statement of those [Jews] who said, "Indeed, Allah is poor, while we are rich." We will record what they said and their killing of the prophets without right and will say, "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.

Verily God has heard the saying of those namely the Jews who said ‘Indeed God is poor and we are rich’ they said this when the verse who is he that will lend God a good loan Q. 2245 was revealed adding that ‘If God were truly rich He would not be asking us for loans’. We shall write down We shall order that it be written what they have said in the scrolls containing their deeds so that they will be requited for it a variant reading for active naktubu ‘We shall write’ has the passive yuktabu ‘it shall be written’ and We shall write down their slaying read accusative qatlahum or nominative qatluhum the prophets without right and We shall say naqūlu also read yaqūlu meaning God shall say to them by the tongue of the angels in the Hereafter ‘Taste the chastisement of the Burning the Fire.

Allah has heard the discourse of those of Ahl AL-Kitab who expressed their thoughts in words, saying: Allah is poor whereas we are rich. We will record their dissertation as well as their unjustified slaying of the prophets, and shall say to them at the predetermined moment: Now taste the torment of burning in the Fire

Allah Warns the Idolators Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "When Allah's statement, مَّن ذَا الَّذِى يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً ( Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan so that He may multiply it to him many times ) 2:245 was revealed, the Jews said, `O Muhammad! Has your Lord become poor so that He asks His servants to give Him a loan' Allah sent down, لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَآءُ ( Indeed, Allah has heard the statement of those (Jews ) who say: "Truly, Allah is poor and we are rich!") 3:181." This Hadith was collected by Ibn Marduwyah and Ibn Abi Hatim. Allah's statement, سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُواْ ( We shall record what they have said ) contains a threat and a warning that Allah followed with His statement, وَقَتْلِهِمُ الاٌّنْبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ( and their killing of the Prophets unjustly, ) This is what they say about Allah and this is how they treat His Messengers.
Allah will punish them for these deeds in the worst manner, لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَآءُ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُواْ وَقَتْلَهُمُ الاٌّنبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ - ذلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّـمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ ( and We shall say: "Taste you the torment of the burning (Fire )." This is because of that which your hands have sent before you.
And certainly, Allah is never unjust to ( His ) servants.) They will be addressed like this as a way of chastising, criticism, disgrace and humiliation. Allah said, الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا أَلاَّ نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍ تَأْكُلُهُ النَّارُ ( Those (Jews ) who said: "Verily, Allah has taken our promise not to believe in any Messenger unless he brings to us an offering which the fire ( from heaven ) shall devour.") Allah refuted their claim that in their Books, Allah took a covenant from them to only believe in the Messenger whose miracles include fire coming down from the sky that consumes the charity offered by a member of the Messenger's nation, as Ibn `Abbas and Al-Hasan stated.
Allah replied, قُلْ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِى بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ ( Say: "Verily, there came to you Messengers before me, with Al-Bayinat..." ) with proofs and evidence, وَبِالَّذِى قُلْتُمْ ( and even with what you speak of ) a fire that consumes the accepted charity, as you asked, فَلِمَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ ( why then did you kill them ) Why did you meet these Prophets with denial, defiance, stubbornness and even murder, إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ ( if you are truthful ), if you follow the truth and obey the Messengers. Allah then comforts His Prophet Muhammad , فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ جَآءُوا بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ وَالزُّبُرِ وَالْكِتَـبِ الْمُنِيرِ ( Then if they reject you, so were Messengers rejected before you, who came with Al-Baiyyinat and the Scripture, and the Book of Enlightenment. ) meaning, do not be sad because they deny you, for you have an example in the Messengers who came before you.
These Messengers were rejected although they brought clear proofs, plain evidence and unequivocal signs, وَالزُّبُرِ ( and the Zubur ), the divinely revealed Books that were sent down to the Messengers, وَالْكِتَـبِ الْمُنِيرِ ( and the Book of Enlightenment ) meaning the clarification and best explanation.

(3:181) Allah has heard the saying of those who said: 'Allah is poor, and we are rich. *128 We shall record what they have said, and the fact of their slaying the Prophets unjustly, and we shall say to them: Taste now the torment of the Fire.

Allah has certainly heard the statement of meaning

*128).
This statement was made by the Jews.
On the revelation of the Qur'anic verse ( 2: 245 ): 'Who of you will lend Allah a goodly loan?', the Jews began to ridicule it and said: 'Look, God has now gone bankrupt and has begun to beg of His creatures for loans.' ( For this statement made by the Jews see the Tradition mentioned by Ibn Kathir in his comments on this verse - Ed. )
 

Allah Warns the Idolators Sa`id bin Jubayr said that Ibn `Abbas said, "When Allah's statement, مَّن ذَا الَّذِى يُقْرِضُ اللَّهَ قَرْضًا حَسَنًا فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافًا كَثِيرَةً ( Who is he that will lend to Allah a goodly loan so that He may multiply it to him many times ) 2:245 was revealed, the Jews said, `O Muhammad! Has your Lord become poor so that He asks His servants to give Him a loan' Allah sent down, لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَآءُ ( Indeed, Allah has heard the statement of those (Jews ) who say: "Truly, Allah is poor and we are rich!") 3:181." This Hadith was collected by Ibn Marduwyah and Ibn Abi Hatim. Allah's statement, سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُواْ ( We shall record what they have said ) contains a threat and a warning that Allah followed with His statement, وَقَتْلِهِمُ الاٌّنْبِيَآءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ ( and their killing of the Prophets unjustly, ) This is what they say about Allah and this is how they treat His Messengers.
Allah will punish them for these deeds in the worst manner, لَّقَدْ سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَوْلَ الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقِيرٌ وَنَحْنُ أَغْنِيَآءُ سَنَكْتُبُ مَا قَالُواْ وَقَتْلَهُمُ الاٌّنبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَنَقُولُ ذُوقُواْ عَذَابَ الْحَرِيقِ - ذلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّـمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ ( and We shall say: "Taste you the torment of the burning (Fire )." This is because of that which your hands have sent before you.
And certainly, Allah is never unjust to ( His ) servants.) They will be addressed like this as a way of chastising, criticism, disgrace and humiliation. Allah said, الَّذِينَ قَالُواْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا أَلاَّ نُؤْمِنَ لِرَسُولٍ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَنَا بِقُرْبَانٍ تَأْكُلُهُ النَّارُ ( Those (Jews ) who said: "Verily, Allah has taken our promise not to believe in any Messenger unless he brings to us an offering which the fire ( from heaven ) shall devour.") Allah refuted their claim that in their Books, Allah took a covenant from them to only believe in the Messenger whose miracles include fire coming down from the sky that consumes the charity offered by a member of the Messenger's nation, as Ibn `Abbas and Al-Hasan stated.
Allah replied, قُلْ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِى بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ ( Say: "Verily, there came to you Messengers before me, with Al-Bayinat..." ) with proofs and evidence, وَبِالَّذِى قُلْتُمْ ( and even with what you speak of ) a fire that consumes the accepted charity, as you asked, فَلِمَ قَتَلْتُمُوهُمْ ( why then did you kill them ) Why did you meet these Prophets with denial, defiance, stubbornness and even murder, إِن كُنتُمْ صَـدِقِينَ ( if you are truthful ), if you follow the truth and obey the Messengers. Allah then comforts His Prophet Muhammad , فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ جَآءُوا بِالْبَيِّنَـتِ وَالزُّبُرِ وَالْكِتَـبِ الْمُنِيرِ ( Then if they reject you, so were Messengers rejected before you, who came with Al-Baiyyinat and the Scripture, and the Book of Enlightenment. ) meaning, do not be sad because they deny you, for you have an example in the Messengers who came before you.
These Messengers were rejected although they brought clear proofs, plain evidence and unequivocal signs, وَالزُّبُرِ ( and the Zubur ), the divinely revealed Books that were sent down to the Messengers, وَالْكِتَـبِ الْمُنِيرِ ( and the Book of Enlightenment ) meaning the clarification and best explanation.

Then Allah mentioned the Jews, Finhas Ibn ’Azura’ and his friends when they said: O Muhammad! Allah is poor: He is asking us to give Him a loan, saying ( Verily Allah heard the saying of those ) Finhas Ibn ’Azura’ and his fellows ( who said, (when asked for contributions to the war ): Allah, forsooth, is poor) He needs us to give Him a loan, ( and we are rich! ) and we do not need a loan from Him. ( We shall record their saying ) We shall preserve for them what they have said in the Hereafter ( with their slaying of the Prophets ) just as We shall record for them their slaying of the prophets ( wrongfully ) without them having committed any crime ( and We shall say: Taste ye the punishment of burning! ) which is very severe.

Indeed, Allah has heard the statement of those (Jews) who say: "Truly, Allah is poor and we are rich!" We shall record what they have said and their killing of the Prophets unjustly, and We shall say: "Taste you the torment of the burning (Fire)."

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