[44] VERSES 3 & 4 نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتَابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقًا لِمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَأَنْزَلَ التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ {3} مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدًى لِلنَّاسِ وَأَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقَانَ ۗ إِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ شَدِيدٌ ۗ وَاللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ ذُو انْتِقَامٍ {4} He Revealed unto you the Book with the Truth, verifying what came before it, and He Revealed the Torah and the Evangel [3:3] Beforehand, as Guidance for the people.
And He Revealed the Criterion; they who disbelieve in the Signs of Allah, for them would be severe Punishment; and Allah is Mighty with the Retribution [3:4] علي بن إبراهيم، قال: حدثني أبي، عن النضر بن سويد، عن عبد الله بن سنان Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘My father narrated to me, from Al Nazar Bin Suweyd, from Abdullah Bin Sinan, عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: سألته عن قول الله تبارك و تعالى: الم اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكَ الْكِتابَ بِالْحَقِّ مُصَدِّقاً لِما بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَ أَنْزَلَ التَّوْراةَ وَ الْإِنْجِيلَ مِنْ قَبْلُ هُدىً لِلنَّاسِ وَ أَنْزَلَ الْفُرْقانَ (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah -asws , he (the narrator) said, ‘I asked him -asws about the Words of Allah -azwj Blessed and High Alif Lam Meem [3:1] Allah, (there is) no god but He, the Living, the Eternal [3:2] He Revealed unto you the Book with the Truth, verifying what came before it, and He Revealed the Torah and the Evangel [3:3] Beforehand, as Guidance for the people.
And He Revealed the Criterion [3:4] . قال: «الفرقان: هو كل أمر محكم، و الكتاب: هو جملة القرآن، الذي يصدقه من كان قبله من الأنبياء He -asws said: ‘The Criterion (الفرقان) – it is every Decisive Command; and the Book (الكتاب) – It is the whole of the Quran, verifying what came before it from the Prophets -as ’.
[45] محمد بن يعقوب: عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه، عن ابن سنان أو عن غيره، عمن ذكره Muhammad Bin Yaqoub, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Sinan or from someone else, from the one who mentioned it who said, قال: سألت أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) عن القرآن و الفرقان، أ هما شيئان، أو شيء واحد؟ فقال (عليه السلام): «القرآن: جملة الكتاب، و الفرقان: المحكم الواجب العمل به ‘I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about the Quran, and the Criterion ( Furqan ), are these two things, or one thing?’ He -asws said: ‘The Quran – It is the whole of the Book, and the Criterion – the Decisive which is Obligatory to act upon’.