Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nahl, Ayah 118
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(And unto those who are Jews) those who stirred away from Islam, i.e. the Jews (We have forbidden that which We have already) before this surah, and specifically in surah al-An'am (related unto thee) that which We have named to you. (And We wronged them not) because of what We forbade them of meats and fats, (but they were wont to wrong themselves) they were wont to harm, i.e. He forbade them those things because of their sins.
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Al-Jalalayn Commentary
And to those of Jewry that is the Jews We forbade that which We have related to you already in the verse And to those of Jewry We forbade every beast with hoof … to the end Q. 6146; and We did not wrong them by forbidding them that but they used to wrong themselves by committing acts of disobedience which necessarily bring about such consequences.