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سُورَةُ آلِ عِمۡرَانَ · 3:93
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۞ كُلُّ ٱلطَّعَامِ كَانَ حِلًّۭا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلُ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِهِۦ مِن قَبْلِ أَن تُنَزَّلَ ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةُ ۗ قُلْ فَأْتُوا۟ بِٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِ فَٱتْلُوهَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

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All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel had made unlawful to himself before the Torah was revealed. Say, [O Muhammad], "So bring the Torah and recite it, if you should be truthful."

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Introduction

This is āyah 93 of Sūrat Aal-i-Imraan (Family of Imran), the 89th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Medinan period and sits within Juzʾ 4. Medinan verses often address community life, law, and the building of society.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Medinan
Order revealed
89 of 114
Surah
Aal-i-Imraan (3)
Occasion of revelation · Al-Wahidi

(All food was lawful unto the Children of Israel�) [3:93]. Said Abu Rawq and al-Kalbi: �This was revealed when the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said: �We follow the religion of Abraham�. The Jews responded to this by saying: �How can this be so when you eat the meat of camels and drink their milk�. He said: �That was lawful for Abraham and so we make it lawful too�. The Jews said: �Everything that we take for unlawful today was unlawful to Noah and Abraham and so on and so forth until our time�. To refute them, Allah, exalted is He, revealed (All food was lawful unto the Children of Israel�)�.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel, except what Isra'il made unlawful for himself before the Tawrah was revealed. Say: "Bring here the Tawrah and recite it, if you are truthful. (93)Then after that, whosoever shall invent a lie against Allah, then it is these that are the wrongdoers (94)Say:"Allah has spoken the truth; follow the religion of Ibrahim the Hanif (monotheist), and he was not of the Mushrikin (idolators). (95) The Questions that the Jews Asked Our Prophet (ﷺ) Imam Ahmad recorded that Ibn 'Abbas said, "A group of Jews came to Allah's Prophet ﷺ and said, 'Talk to us about some things we will ask you and which only a Prophet would know.' He said, 'Ask me about whatever you wish. However, give your pledge to Allah, similar to the pledge that Ya'qub took from his children, that if I tell you something and you recognize its truth, you will follow me in Islam.' They sai…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

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Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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