The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 158
CH. 3 ĀL-E-‘IMRĀN PT. 4 lying, even so were accused of فَإِنْ كَذَّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِبَ رُسُلُ And if they accuse thee of. 185 مِنْ قَبْلِكَ جَاءُ وَ بِالْبَيِّنَتِ وَالزُّبُرِ lying Messengers before thee ataké وَالْكِتَبِ الْمُنِيرِ who came with clear Signs and books of wisdom and the shining Book. 467 a35:5, 26. it. When the Jews were told that they had opposed the Prophets of God through covetousness (3:181-182), they retorted by saying that they did not oppose Muslims through covetousness but because, animals unlike them, the Muslims devoured even that which they offered as sacrifices, instead of burning them at the altar according to the Jewish Law (Lev. 1:11-17). Thus, it was not they but the Muslims who were greedy and covetous and they could not, therefore, consistently with the Law of Moses, accept the Prophet who did not observe that Law. The Quran answers this objection by saying that the observance of the law about burnt offerings was no criterion to test the truth of a Prophet, because that could easily be done by an impostor. It was (clear signs) only that demonstrated and established the truth of a claimant. But even if observance of burnt offerings was the criterion of a true Prophet, the Jews had no right to raise an objection; for in that case the question arose, why did they reject those Prophets who strictly conformed to that law? The fact that the Jewish demand referred to in the words, that which you speak of, has 598 been mentioned in the verse separately from clear signs, shows that what the Jews spoke of was not a miracle, but that they were only referring to the law about burnt offerings, and not to the miracle of fire descending from heaven consume a sacrifice, as is generally but wrongly believed. 467. Important Words: of to (books of wisdom) is the plural which is derived from. They sayi. e. he cased or lined the well with stones or bricks, etc. lự means, he raised the wall by placing layers of stones or bricks on one another. means, he wrote the writing or the book. means, he chid or scolded the beggar. (zabūr) means, a writing or a book: a book of wisdom and intellectual science, not containing legal statutes, ordinances or commandments. Based on its verbal senses, the word would also mean a book that protects and beautifies a source of knowledge just as a casing protects and beautifies a well; or a book that contains warnings. The word is particularly used about the Book of David containing the Psalms. (zubūr) is the plural of (zibr) which means, a writing or a book; also