Transliteration:( Innaaa anzalnat Tawraata feehaa hudanw wa noor; yahkumu bihan Nabiyyoonal lazeena aslamoo lillazeena haadoo war rabbaaniyyoona wal ahbaaru bimas tuhfizoo min Kitaabil laahi wa kaanoo 'alaihi shuhadaaa'; falaa takhshawun naasa wakhshawni wa laa tashtaroo bi aayaatee samanan qaleelaa; wa mal lam yahkum bimaaa anzalal laahu fa ulaaa'ika humul kaafiroon )
 139. From this verse, one understands that a new Book was not revealed to every Prophet. Although the Taurat was revealed to Hazrat Moosa (On whom be peace) many Prophets after him gave orders from it for their followers. It should be remembered that there are approximately one hundred and twenty-four thousand prophets but out of these there are only three hundred and thirteen Messengers and revealed books are only four. From this, we also gather that all those laws of the Tauraat which are mentioned by Allah Almighty and His Beloved Prophet, QURAN and Hadith without any refutation are incumbent upon us as well. (Tafseer Abi Sa'ood)
140. From this it is understood the protection of the Divine Book is obligatory upon the learned Ulema, whether it is the protection of its words, its meaning, or its laws.
141. By mean price is meant to change the commands of Allah be it due to the fear of the people or due to the greed for personal gains, is totally and absolutely forbidden and is a grave Sin.Â
As for printing and selling the Holy QURAN, using it for Taweez, accepting salary for teaching the QURAN or delivering a sermon, etc. are concerned, they do not constitute the selling of the verses of the QURAN for personal gain as can be seen from the following verse.
One noble Companion fixed the payment of thirty goats from the person who was bitten by a snake. Thereafter Surah Fateha was recited and blown on the patient as a result of which he was cured. All those soldiers obtained the goats and ate its meat. When the matter was related to the Holy Prophet he asked for the meat and partook of it.
 142. ‘By judges not' means he does so by taking the laws of Allah to be incorrect or disseminating royal decrees as Divine laws as was the practice of the Jewish scholars. Thus the passing of laws and decrees by the present British salaried officers in accordance with British law is not included in this verse, because these officials are compelled to carry this out without regarding these current laws as religious laws.
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The tafsir of Surah Maidah verse 44 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Maidah ayat 41 which provides the complete commentary from verse 41 through 44.
(5:44) Surely We revealed the Torah, wherein there is guidance and light. Thereby did Prophets – who had submitted themselves (to Allah) – judge for the Judaized folk;[72] and so did the scholars and jurists.[73] They judged by the Book of Allah for they had been entrusted to keep it, and bear witness to it. So (O Jews!) do not fear men but fear Me, and do not barter away My signs for a trivial gain. Those who do not judge by what Allah has revealed are indeed the unbelievers.
72.Here the verse tells the Jews that all the Prophets were muslims (submitters to God) whereas the Jews had deviated from islam (submission to God), and true to their chauvinistic sectarianism, were content with remaining merely ‘Jews’.
73.Rabbani = religious scholars, theologians. Ahbar = religious jurists.
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