أَن تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبُ عَلَىٰ طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَـٰفِلِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- [We revealed it] lest you say, "The Scripture was only sent down to two groups before us, but we were of their study unaware,"
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- நமக்கு முன் இரு கூட்டத்தினர் மீது மட்டுமே வேதம் இறக்கப்பட்டது - ஆகவே நாங்கள் அதனைப் படிக்கவும் கேட்கவும் முடியாமல் பராமுகமாகி விட்டோம் என்று நீங்கள் கூறாதிருக்கவும்;
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අපට පෙර ධර්ම ග්රන්ථය පහළ කරනු ලැබුවේ (යුදෙව් හා කිතුනු යන) දෙපිරිස වෙත ම ය. තවද අපි ඔවුන්ගේ ඉගැන්වීම් ගැන අපි අනවධානීන් ලෙස සිටියෙමු යැයි (ප්රතික්ෂේප කළ) නුඹලා නො පවසනු පිණිස ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- کہیں تم لوگ یوں نہ کہو کہ کتاب تو صرف ہم سے پہلے جو دو فرقے تھے ان پر نازل ہوئی تھی، اور ہم ان کے پڑھنے پڑھانے سے محض بے خبر تھے۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- （これは，）あなたがたに，「啓典はわたしたち以前に，唯二つの宗派にだけ下された。わたしたちはかれらの読むものに，不案内であった」と言わせないためである。
- ChineseMa Jian
- （我降示天经），以免你们说：天经只被降示我们以前的两伙人，我们对于他们所诵习的经典，确是疏忽的。
Tafsir of 6:156
The Qur'an is Allah's Proof Against His Creation Ibn Jarir commented on the Ayah, "The Ayah means, this is a Book that We sent down, so that you do not say, إِنَّمَآ أُنزِلَ الْكِتَبُ عَلَى طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا ("The Book was sent down only to two sects before us.") This way, you will have no excuse. Allah said in another Ayah, وَلَوْلا أَن تُصِيبَهُم مُّصِيبَةٌ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ فَيَقُولُواْ رَبَّنَا لَوْلا أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولاً فَنَتِّبِعَ ءايَتِكَ (Otherwise, they would have suffered a calamity because of what their hands sent forth, and said: "Our Lord! Why did You not send us a Messenger We would then have followed Your Ayat.")28:47." The Ayah, عَلَى طَآئِفَتَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِنَا (to two sects before us) refers to the Jews and Christians, according to `Ali bin Abi Talhah who narrated it from Ibn `Abbas. Similar was reported from Mujahid, As-Suddi, Qatadah and several others. Allah's statement, وَإِن كُنَّا عَن دِرَاسَتِهِمْ لَغَفِلِينَ ("...and for our part, we were in fact unaware of what they studied.") meaning: `we did not understand what they said because the revelation was not in our tongue.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
