Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nisaa, Ayah 156

An-Nisaa · Ayah 156 · View Ayah

وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَٰنًا عَظِيمًۭا

And [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander,

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And for their disbelief a second time in Jesus the bā’ of bi-kufrihim ‘for their disbelief’ is repeated in order to separate it ‘their disbelief’ in Jesus from what is supplemented to it ‘their utterance against Mary’ and their uttering against Mary a tremendous calumny when they accused her of fornication.

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(And because of their disbelief) in Jesus and the Gospel (and of their speaking against Mary a tremendous calumny) the calumny for which We have turned them into swine;

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