﴿ أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ نَصِيبًۭا مِّنَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَىٰ كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَحْكُمَ بَيْنَهُمْ ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ ﴾

“Art thou not aware of those who have been granted their share of revelation [aforetime]? They have been called upon to let God's writ be their law - and yet some of them turn away [from it] in their obstinacy,”

(Hast thou not seen how those who have received a portion of the Scripture�) [3:23]. There is a difference of opinion about this verse�s occasion of revelation. Al-Suddi said: �When the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, called the Jews to embrace Islam, al-Nu�man ibn Awfa said to him: �Come, O Muhammad, and let the rabbis judge between us�. He said: �Let the Scripture of Allah be judge between us�. They said: �No! Let the rabbis judge�. And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse�. On the other hand, Sa�id ibn Jubayr and �Ikrimah reported that Ibn �Abbas said: �The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, entered in on a group of Jews in a Jewish place of study and called them to Allah. Nu�aym ibn �Amr and al-Harith ibn Zayd said to him: �O Muhammad, which religion are you on?� He said: �The religion of Abraham�. They said: �But Abraham was a Jew�. The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: �In that case, let us go to the Torah and let it judge between us�. They refused. And Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse�. Said al-Kalbi: �This was revealed about those who committed fornication in Khaybar and the Jews who asked the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, about the legal punishment of fornication�. The elaboration on this will come in Surah al-Ma�idah, Allah, exalted is He, willing�.