مِّنَ
ٱلَّذِينَ
هَادُوا۟
يُحَرِّفُونَ
ٱلْكَلِمَ
عَن
مَّوَاضِعِهِۦ
وَيَقُولُونَ
سَمِعْنَا
وَعَصَيْنَا
وَٱسْمَعْ
غَيْرَ
مُسْمَعٍۢ
وَرَٰعِنَا
لَيًّۢا
بِأَلْسِنَتِهِمْ
وَطَعْنًۭا
فِى
ٱلدِّينِ ۚ
وَلَوْ
أَنَّهُمْ
قَالُوا۟
سَمِعْنَا
وَأَطَعْنَا
وَٱسْمَعْ
وَٱنظُرْنَا
لَكَانَ
خَيْرًۭا
لَّهُمْ
وَأَقْوَمَ
وَلَـٰكِن
لَّعَنَهُمُ
ٱللَّهُ
بِكُفْرِهِمْ
فَلَا
يُؤْمِنُونَ
إِلَّا
قَلِيلًۭا
٤٦
Some Jews distort the meaning of [revealed] words: they say, ‘We hear and disobey,’ and ‘Listen,’ [adding the insult] ‘May you not hear,’ and ‘Raina [Look at us],’ twisting it abusively with their tongues so as to disparage religion. If they had said, ‘We hear and obey,’ ‘Listen,’ and ‘Unzurna [Look at us],’ that would have been better and more proper for them. But God has spurned them for their defiance; they believe very little.
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem