قوله تعالى: {وإذا قيل لهم آمنوا بما أنزل الله} يعني القرآن.
{قالوا نؤمن بما أنزل علينا} يعني التوراة، يكفينا ذلك.
{ويكفرون بما وراءه} أي بما سواه من الكتب كقوله عز وجل {فمن ابتغى وراء ذلك} [7-المؤمنون] أي سواه، وقال أبو عبيدة: "(بما وراءه) أي: بما سواه من الكتب".
{وهو الحق} يعني القرآن.
{مصدقاً} نصب على الحال.
{لما معهم} من التوراة.
{قل} لهم يا محمد.
{فلم تقتلون} أي قتلتم.
{أنبياء الله من قبل} ولم: أصله لما فحذفت الألف فرقاً بين الجر والاستفهام كقولهم فيمَ وبِمَ؟.
{إن كنتم مؤمنين} بالتوراة، وقد نهيتم فيها عن قتل الأنبياء عليهم السلام.
When this group of Jews was told to have faith in the truth and guidance that Allah revealed to His Prophet, they said that they believed in what had been revealed to their prophets, and denied anything besides this, and in what was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him), although the Qur’ān is the truth, confirming what Allah had already revealed to them. Had they truly believed in what had been revealed to them, they would have believed in the Qur’ān. So, ask them then, O Muhammad, why they killed the prophets of Allah before, if they really had faith in the truth they brought to them.