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and "Hear what is not Heard"; and "Ra'ina"; with a twist of their tongues and a slander to Faith. If only they had said:
"What hear and we obey"; and "Do hear"; and "Do look at us"; it would have been better for them, and more proper; but
God hath cursed them for their Unbelief; and but few of them will believe.
004.047 O ye People of the Book! believe in what We have (now) revealed, confirming what was (already) with you,
before We change the face and fame of some (of you) beyond all recognition, and turn them hindwards, or curse them
as We cursed the Sabbath-breakers, for the decision of God Must be carried out.
004.048 God forgiveth not that partners should be set up with Him; but He forgiveth anything else, to whom He
pleaseth; to set up partners with God is to devise a sin Most heinous indeed.
004.049 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who claim sanctity for themselves? Nay-but God Doth sanctify whom
He pleaseth. But never will they fail to receive justice in the least little thing.
004.050 Behold! how they invent a lie against God! but that by itself is a manifest sin!
004.051 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who were given a portion of the Book? they believe in sorcery and
Evil, and say to the Unbelievers that they are better guided in the (right) way Than the believers!
004.052 They are (men) whom God hath cursed: And those whom God Hath cursed, thou wilt find, have no one to help.
004.053 Have they a share in dominion or power? Behold, they give not a farthing to their fellow-men?
004.054 Or do they envy mankind for what God hath given them of his bounty? but We had already given the people
of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and conferred upon them a great kingdom.
004.055 Some of them believed, and some of them averted their faces from him: And enough is Hell for a burning fire.
004.056 Those who reject our Signs, We shall soon cast into the Fire: as often as their skins are roasted through, We
shall change them for fresh skins, that they may taste the penalty: for God is Exalted in Power, Wise.
004.057 But those who believe and do deeds of righteousness, We shall soon admit to Gardens, with rivers flowing
beneath,- their eternal home: Therein shall they have companions pure and holy: We shall admit them to shades, cool
and ever deepening.
004.058 God doth command you to render back your Trusts to those to whom they are due; And when ye judge between
man and man, that ye judge with justice: Verily how excellent is the teaching which He giveth you! For God is He Who
heareth and seeth all things.
004.059 O ye who believe! Obey God, and obey the Apostle, and those charged with authority among you. If ye differ
in anything among yourselves, refer it to God and His Apostle, if ye do believe in God and the Last Day: That is best,
and most suitable for final determination.
004.060 Hast thou not turned Thy vision to those who declare that they believe in the revelations that have come to
thee and to those before thee? Their (real) wish is to resort together for judgment (in their disputes) to the Evil One,
though they were ordered to reject him. But Satan's wish is to lead them astray far away (from the right).
004.061 When it is said to them: "Come to what God hath revealed, and to the Apostle": Thou seest the Hypocrites
avert their faces from thee in disgust.
004.062 How then, when they are seized by misfortune, because of the deeds which they hands have sent forth? Then
their come to thee, swearing by God: "We meant no more than good-will and conciliation!"
004.063 Those men,-God knows what is in their hearts; so keep clear of them, but admonish them, and speak to them
a word to reach their very souls.
004.064 We sent not an apostle, but to be obeyed, in accordance with the will of God. If they had only, when they were
unjust to themselves, come unto thee and asked God's forgiveness, and the Apostle had asked forgiveness for them,
they would have found God indeed Oft-returning, Most Merciful.
004.065 But no, by the Lord, they can have no (real) Faith, until they make thee judge in all disputes between them,
and find in their souls no resistance against Thy decisions, but accept them with the fullest conviction.
004.066 If We had ordered them to sacrifice their lives or to leave their homes, very few of them would have done
it: But if they had done what they were (actually) told, it would have been best for them, and would have gone farthest
to strengthen their (faith);
004.067 And We should then have given them from our presence a great reward;
004.068 And We should have shown them the Straight Way.
004.069 All who obey God and the apostle are in the company of those on whom is the Grace of God,- of the prophets