2:76

Wa izaa laqul lazeena aamanoo qaalooo aamannaa wa izaakhalaa ba'duhum ilaa ba'din
qaalooo atuhaddisoonahum bimaa fatahal laahu 'alaikum liyuhaajjookum bihee 'inda
rabbikum; afalaa ta'qiloon

And when they come across those who believe, they say, "We believe," but when they
come together privately, they say, "Will you inform them of what God has disclosed
to you, so that they might dispute with you concerning it before your Lord?" Do you
not understand?

And when they (Jews) meet those who believe (Muslims), they say, "We believe, but
when they meet one another in private,
they say, "Shall you (Jews) tell them (Muslims) what Allah has revealed to you that
they
(Muslims) may argue with you (Jews) about it before your Lord' Have you (Jews) then
no understanding"

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ASBAB AL NUZUL

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- The Jews knew the Truth of the Prophet ,but disbelieved in Him

Allah said next

"And when they (Jews) meet those who believe (Muslims), they say, "We believe'',
but when
they meet one another in private"

- Muhammad bin Ishaq reported that Ibn Abbas commented

"And when they (Jews) meet those who believe (Muslims), they say, "We believe"

"They believe that Muhammad PBUH is the Messenger of Allah, But he was only sent
for you (Arabs) However,
when they meet each other they say, "Do not convey the news about this Prophet to
the Arabs,
because you used to ask Allah to grant you victory over them when he came, but he
was sent to
them (not to you). Allah then revealed

"And when they (Jews) meet those who believe (Muslims), they say, "We believe, but
when
they meet one another in private, they say, "Shall you (Jews) tell them (Muslims)
what Allah
has revealed to you, that they (Muslims) may argue with you (Jews) about it before
your Lord"

meaning, "If you admit to them that he is a Prophet , knowing that Allah took the
covenant from
you to follow him, they will know that Muhammad is the Prophet that we were waiting
for and
whose coming we find foretold of in our Book. Therefore, do not believe in him and
deny him.
Allah said,
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[2:76] And when they, the hypocrites from among the Jews, meet those who believe,
they say, ‘We believe’, that Muḥammad (ṣ) is a prophet and that he is the one of
whom we have been given good tidings in our Book; but when they go in private one
to another, they, their leaders the ones not involved in the hypocrisy, say, to
those hypocrites: ‘Do you speak to them, the believers, of what God has disclosed
to you, that is, what He has made known to you of Muḥammad’s (ṣ) description in the
Torah, so that they may thereby dispute (the lām of li-yuḥājjūkum, ‘that they may
dispute with you’, is the lām of ‘becoming’) with you before your Lord?, in the
Hereafter and hold the proof against you for not following him [Muḥammad (ṣ)],
despite your knowledge of his sincerity? Have you no understanding?’ of the fact
that they will contend with you if you speak to them in this way? So beware.