Tafsir of Al-Ma'idah 5:62

Surah Al-Ma'idah 5:62

ﲔ ﲕ ﲖ ﲗ ﲘ ﲙ ﲚ ﲛ ﲜ ﲝ ﲞ ﲟ ﲠ ﲡ

And you see many of them hastening into sin and aggression and the devouring of [what is] unlawful. How wretched is what they have been doing.

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وترى كثيرا منهم يسارعون في اﻻثم والعدوان وأكلهم السحت

And you see many of them (Jews) hurrying for sin and transgression, and eating illegal things. They hurry to devour prohibited and illegal things, all the while transgressing against people, unjustly consuming their property through bribes and Riba,

لبيس ما كانوا يعملون

Evil indeed is that which they have been doing. Indeed, horrible is that which they used to do and the transgression that they committed. Criticizing Rabbis and Learned Religious Men for Giving up on Forbidding Evil Allah said,