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الرَّجْمُ

Stoning

وَاسْتِبْدَالُهُ

and its replacement

بِالْجَلْدِ

with flogging

وَتَسْحِيمِ

and blackening

الْوَجْهِ

the face

Stoning and its replacement with flogging and blackening the face

تَرَكُوا

They abandoned

الْعَمَلَ

acting

بِرَجْمِ

upon the stoning of

الزَّانِي

the adulterer

They abandoned acting upon the stoning of the adulterer,

وَكَانَ

and the rabbis were

الْأَحْبَارُ

the rabbis

خَشْيَةَ

out of fear of

الْفَضِيحَةِ

the scandal

وَالْعَارِ

and shame

and the rabbis - out of fear of scandal and shame -

يُخْفُونَ

concealing

تِلْكَ

those

الْآيَاتِ

verses

الَّتِي

which

فِيهَا

contain

نَصُّ

the text of

هَذَا

this

الْحُكْمِ

ruling

الصَّرِيحِ

explicit

were concealing those verses which contain the text of this explicit ruling.

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2

كَذَلِكَ

Likewise

تِلْكَ

those

الْآيَاتُ

verses

الَّتِي

which

ذُكِرَتْ

were mentioned

فِيهَا

in them

بِشَارَةُ

the glad tidings of

هَاجَرَ

Hagar

وَإِسْمَاعِيلَ

and Ishmael

عَلَيْهِمَا

upon them both

السَّلَامُ

be peace

2 - Likewise, those verses in which the glad tidings of Hagar and Ishmael - peace be upon them both -

بِأَنَّهُ

that

سَوْفَ

will

يُولَدُ

be born

فِي

in

أَعْقَابِهِمْ

their posterity

مَنْ

someone who

يَبْعَثُهُ

will raise him

اللَّهُ

Allah

تَعَالَى

the Exalted

نَبِيّاً

as a prophet

وَرَسُولاً

and a messenger

were mentioned, stating that there would be born among their posterity one whom Allah - the Exalted - would send as a prophet and messenger,

وَالْآيَاتُ

and the verses

الَّتِي

that

تَحْمِلُ

carry

إِشَارَاتٍ

indications

وَاضِحَةً

clear

إِلَى

to

دِينٍ

a religion

يَظْهَرُ

that will appear

وَيَبْلُغُ

and reach

كَمَالَهُ

its perfection

فِي

in

أَرْضِ

the land of

الْحِجَازِ

the Hijaz

and the verses that bear clear indications of a religion that will appear and reach its perfection in the land of the Hijaz,

وَتَضِجُّ

and resound

بِهِ

with it

جِبَالُ

the mountains of

عَرَفَاتٍ

Arafat

بِالتَّلْبِيَةِ

with the Talbiyah

while the mountains of Arafat resound with it through the Talbiyah,

وَيَؤُمُّ

and head towards

النَّاسُ

people

لِزِيَارَتِهَا

to visit it

مِنَ

from

الْأَقْطَارِ

regions

وَالْأَمْصَارِ

and distant cities

and people head towards to visit it from all regions and distant cities.

وَبِالرَّغْمِ

Despite

مِنْ

of

أَنَّ

the fact that

هَذِهِ

these

الْآيَاتِ

verses

لَا

do not

تَزَالُ

cease to

تُوجَدُ

exist

فِي

in

التَّوْرَاةِ

the Torah

حَتَّى

until

الْيَوْمِ

today

Despite the fact that these verses still exist in the Torah until today,

كَانَ

were

الْيَهُودُ

the Jews

يَتَأَوَّلُونَهَا

interpreting them

بِأَنَّ

such that

هَذِهِ

these

الْآيَاتِ

verses

إِنَّمَا

merely

تُخْبِرُ

foretell

بِظُهُورِ

the appearance of

ذَلِكَ

that

الدِّينِ

religion

the Jews used to interpret them by saying that these verses merely foretell the appearance of that religion,

وَلَكِنَّهَا

but they

لَا

do not

تَأْمُرُ

command

بِاتِّبَاعِهِ

following it

وَالْخُضُوعِ

and submitting

لَهُ

to it

but they do not command following it and submitting to it.

وَكَانَتْ

And was

هَذِهِ

this

الْكَلِمَةُ

statement

عَلَى

on

طَرَفِ

the tip of

لِسَانِهِمْ

their tongues

مَلْحَمَةٌ

a calamity

كُتِبَتْ

has been written

عَلَيْنَا

upon us

And this statement was on the tip of their tongue: "A calamity has been written upon us."

وَلَكِنَّ

However

لَمَّا

when

كَانَ

were

عَامَّةُ

the general mass of

الْيَهُودِ

Jews

أَنْفُسُهُمْ

themselves

لَا

not

تَقْبَلُ

accept

نُفُوسُهُمْ

their souls

هَذِهِ

these

التَّأْوِيلَاتِ

interpretations

الرَّكِيكَةَ

flimsy

الْبَاطِلَةَ

and false

However, since the general mass of the Jews themselves could not accept in their souls these flimsy and false interpretations,

وَلَا

and nor

يَعْتَرِفُونَ

did they acknowledge

بِصِحَّتِهَا

their correctness

وَسَلَامَتِهَا

and soundness

nor did they acknowledge their correctness and soundness,

كَانُوا

they used

يَتَوَاصَوْنَ

to advise

فِيمَا

among

بَيْنَهُمْ

themselves

أَنْ

that

لَا

not

يُفْشُوا

they divulge

هَذَا

this

السِّرَّ

secret

they used to advise one another not to divulge this secret,

وَلَا

and not

يَتَعَالَنُوهُ

to make it public

فِيمَا

among

بَيْنَهُمْ

themselves

and not to make it public among themselves.

أَتُحَدِّثُونَهُمْ
Do you speak to them
بِمَا
about what
فَتَحَ
has opened
اللَّهُ
Allah
عَلَيْكُمْ
to you
لِيُحَاجُّوكُمْ
so that they may argue against you
بِهِ
with it
عِنْدَ
before
رَبِّكُمْ
your Lord

Do you speak to them about what Allah has revealed to you, so that they may argue against you with it before your Lord?