Aal-i-Imraan • EN-AL-QUSHAIRI-TAFSIR
﴿ قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًۭا وَأَنتُمْ شُهَدَآءُ ۗ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ ﴾
“Say: "O followers of earlier revelation! Why do you [endeavour to] bar those who have come to believe [in this divine writ] from the path of God by trying to make it appear crooked, when you yourselves bear witness [to its being straight]? For, God is not unaware of what you do."”
Say: �O people of the scripture why do you bar believers from God's way desiring to make it crooked while you yourselves are witnesses. God is not heedless of what you do.� How can one who is barred himself bar anotherḍ Surely in this is a secret belonging to the [divine] Lordship.