You are here: Home » Chapter 3 » Verse 181 » Translation
Sura 3
Aya 181
181
لَقَد سَمِعَ اللَّهُ قَولَ الَّذينَ قالوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ فَقيرٌ وَنَحنُ أَغنِياءُ ۘ سَنَكتُبُ ما قالوا وَقَتلَهُمُ الأَنبِياءَ بِغَيرِ حَقٍّ وَنَقولُ ذوقوا عَذابَ الحَريقِ

Muhammad Asad

God has indeed heard the saying of those who said, "Behold, God is poor while we are rich!"1 We shall record what they have said, as well as their slaying of prophets against all right,2 and We shall say [unto them on Judgment Day]: "Taste suffering through fire
  • According to several authentic Traditions, the Jews of Medina were given to satirizing the phraseology of the Qur'an, and especially 2:245 - "Who is it that will offer up unto God a goodly loan, which He will amply repay, with manifold increase?"
  • Regarding this accusation levelled against the Jews, see surah 2, note 48.