Surah Al-Baqarah 2:121
ﱣ ﱤ ﱥ ﱦ ﱧ ﱨ ﱩ ﱪ ﱫ ﱬ ﱭ ﱮ ﱯ ﱰ ﱱ ﱲ
Those to whom We have given the Book recite it with its true recital. They [are the ones who] believe in it. And whoever disbelieves in it - it is they who are the losers.
Tafsir of Al-Baqarah 2:121
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Verse range: 2:121
(Those unto whom We have given the Scripture, who read it with the right reading…) [2:121]. Said Ibn ‘Abbas, according to the report of ‘Ata’ and al-Kalbi: “This was revealed about those who came by ship from Abyssinia with Ja‘far ibn Abi Talib. They were forty men from Abyssinia and Syria”. And al-Dahhak said: “This was revealed about those Jews who believed”, while Qatadah and ‘Ikrima said: “This was revealed about the Companions of Muhammad, Allah bless him and give him peace”.