And Allah had already taken a covenant from the Children of Israel, and We
delegated from among them twelve leaders. And Allah said, "I am with you.
If you establish prayer and give zakah and believe in My messengers and
support them and loan Allah a goodly loan, I will surely remove from you
your misdeeds and admit you to gardens beneath which rivers flow. But
whoever of you disbelieves after that has certainly strayed from the
soundness of the way."
So for their breaking of the covenant We cursed them and made their hearts
hard. They distort words from their [proper] usages and have forgotten a
portion of that of which they were reminded. And you will still observe
deceit among them, except a few of them. But pardon them and overlook
[their misdeeds]. Indeed, Allah loves the doers of good.
And from those who say, "We are Christians" We took their covenant; but
they forgot a portion of that of which they were reminded. So We caused
among them animosity and hatred until the Day of Resurrection. And Allah
is going to inform them about what they used to do.
O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger making
clear to you much of what you used to conceal of the Scripture and
overlooking much. There has come to you from Allah a light and a clear
Book.
By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace
and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and
guides them to a straight path.
They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of
Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to
destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?"
And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and
whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allah is over all
things competent.
But the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allah and His
beloved." Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?" Rather, you
are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He
wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of
the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the
[final] destination.
O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make
clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers,
lest you say, "There came not to us any bringer of good tidings or a
warner." But there has come to you a bringer of good tidings and a warner.
And Allah is over all things competent.
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