Transliteration:( Wa aaminoo bimaaa anzaltu musaddiqal limaa ma'akum wa laa takoonooo awwala kaafirim bihee wa laa tashtaroo bi Aayaatee samanan qaleelanw wa iyyaaya fattaqoon )
79. In this verse Allah Almighty is reminding the Bani Israel i.e. Yahud and Nasara that it is the Holy QUR'AAN which had verified the authenticity of their books - the Tauraat and the Injeel, which had prophesized the revelation of the QUR'AAN. Had it not been for the QUR'AAN the authenticity of the Tauraat, Injeel, etc. as the revealed Books of Allahwould not have been established. Those who believe in the QUR'AAN will obviously believe in these revealed Books of Allah. Another important issue which is perceived from this verse is that neither a Prophet nor any revealed scripture will come after the Holy Prophet.
80. From this we understand that every non believing leader is the first non-believer amongst his subordinates, be they parents, the learned, the chiefs, or the kings.
81. This refers to bartering of Divine Laws for money, which was the practice of the Jewish scholars. The printing and selling of the QUR'AAN receiving payment for teaching the QUR'AAN being employed as an Imam etc. are not included in this. Although some of these too are forbidden under certain circumstances, but this is for different reasons - not because it is a form of selling QUR'AANIC verses. This is classified on the following verse "And confound not...." (S2: V 42).
The tafsir of Surah Baqarah verse 41 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Baqarah ayat 40 which provides the complete commentary from verse 40 through 41.
(2:41) And believe in the Book which I have revealed and which confirms the Scripture you already have, and be not foremost among its deniers. Do not sell My signs for a trifling gain, [57]and beware of My wrath.
57. ‘Trifling gain’ refers to the worldly benefits for the sake of which they were rejecting God’s directives. Whatever one may gain in exchange for the Truth, be it all the treasure in the world, is trifling; the Truth is of supreme value.
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