Transliteration:( Qul atuhaaajjoonanaa fil laahi wa Huwa Rabbunaa wa Rabbukum wa lanaa a'maalunaa wa lakum a'maalukum wa nahnu lahoo mukhlisoon )
"Say (O Muhammad): 'Do you dispute [279] with us concerning Allah, while He is our Lord and your Lord? To us are our deeds, and to you are your deeds. And we are sincere (in deed and intention) to Him alone.' [280]"
This verse was revealed in response to the Yahud (Jews) who continuously argued that if Prophethood were true, the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ should have come from the Bani Israel (Children of Israel).
📌 This verse silences their claim by reminding them:
Allah is the Lord of all, both theirs and ours
Deeds matter more than lineage
Disputing the authenticity of the Prophet ﷺ is equivalent to disputing Allah Himself, for he is His chosen Messenger
When the verse says, "We are sincere to Him alone," it means our hearts, intentions, and actions are purely for Allah.
📌 But what does true sincerity to Allah mean?
It means complete loyalty to His beloved Prophet ﷺ
Obeying the Messenger is equal to obeying Allah Himself
📖 As Allah declares:
"Whoever obeys the Messenger has indeed obeyed Allah." (Surah 4: Verse 80)
🚫 The claim of sincerity to Allah without showing devotion and submission to the Prophet ﷺ is baseless.
📌 This verse also refutes modern misguided ideologies, such as that of the Wahabi movement, who claim direct loyalty to Allah while undermining the role and status of the Prophet ﷺ—a position rejected by the true Ulema of Arabia and the Indo-Pak subcontinent.
The tafsir of Surah Baqarah verse 138 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Baqarah ayat 137 which provides the complete commentary from verse 137 through 138.
(2:139) Say (O Prophet): “Will you then dispute with us concerning Allah when He is our Lord and your Lord?[138] Our deeds are for us and your deeds are for you. And it is Him that we serve exclusively.”[139]
138. The one principle that the Prophet and his followers unreservedly stood for was that God alone should be served. Does that call for dispute and quarrel? If anyone, it is the Muslims who are entitled to quarrel with the Jews and Christians, for it is they rather than the Muslims who insist that others beside God should also be made objects of service and adoration.
An alternative translation of this portion could be: ‘Would you then dispute with us for the sake of Allah?’ In this case the meaning of the verse would be that if their dispute was sincere, it was easy to put an end to it by, agreeing to serve none but God.
139. They are told that everyone is responsible for his own conduct. If they have earmarked a part of their service and devotion to others than God, let them do so and see for themselves what it leads to. The Muslims did not want to keep them from error by force. As for themselves, they had consecrated their service, obedience and worship to God alone. If the Jews and Christians could bring themselves to recognize the right of the Muslims to do so, the dispute could automatically be brought to an end,
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