This verse too, was sent down about a sect of the Jews. It refers to some learned who forged attributes and qualification for the Messenger of God(AS), which was contrary to that in their Scriptures. They forged and wrote it by their own hands and ascribed it to God! Then when they recited their own writing, they twisted their tongues and distorted their pronounciation to pretend that they were Allah's word from the Bible:
``And there is a sect of them who twist their tongue when reciting the Book, that you may suppose it a part from the Scripture, while they know that it is not from the Book.''
They were not content even with such a heinous sin, and explicitly ascribed their forgeries to God and said: ``This is from Allah, while it was not from Allah!''
The ending of the verse affirms that it was not a mistake on their side, and they did that deliberately: ``And they tell lies against Allah and they know!