Tafheem ul Quran
Surah 3 Ali 'Imran, Ayat 112-112
ضُرِبَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ الذِّلَّةُ اَيۡنَ مَا ثُقِفُوۡۤا اِلَّا بِحَبۡلٍ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَحَبۡلٍ مِّنَ النَّاسِ وَبَآءُوۡ بِغَضَبٍ مِّنَ اللّٰهِ وَضُرِبَتۡ عَلَيۡهِمُ الۡمَسۡكَنَةُ ؕ ذٰ لِكَ بِاَنَّهُمۡ كَانُوۡا يَكۡفُرُوۡنَ بِاٰيٰتِ اللّٰهِ وَيَقۡتُلُوۡنَ الۡاَنۡۢبِيَآءَ بِغَيۡرِ حَقٍّؕ ذٰ لِكَ بِمَا عَصَوۡا وَّكَانُوۡا يَعۡتَدُوۡنَ
﴿3:112﴾
(3:112) Wherever they were, they were covered with ignominy, except when
they were protected by either a covenant with Allah or a covenant with men.90
They are laden with the burden of Allah's wrath, and humiliation is stuck
upon them - and all this because they rejected the signs of Allah and slayed
the Prophets without right, and because they disobeyed and transgressed.
Notes
90. If the Jews have ever enjoyed any measure of peace and security anywhere
in the world they owe it to the goodwill and benevolence of others rather than
to their own power and strength. At times Muslim governments granted them refuge
while at others non-Muslim powers extended protection. Similarly, if the Jews
ever emerged as a power it was due not to their intrinsic strength but to the
strength of others.