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005.048 We ordained therein for them: "Life for life, eye for eye, nose or nose, ear for ear, tooth for tooth, and
wounds equal for equal." But if any one remits the retaliation by way of charity, it is an act of atonement for himself.
And if any fail to judge by (the light of) what God hath revealed, they are (No better than) wrong-doers.
005.049 And in their footsteps We sent Jesus the son of Mary, confirming the Law that had come before him: We sent
him the Gospel: therein was guidance and light, and confirmation of the Law that had come before him: a guidance and
an admonition to those who fear God.
005.050 Let the people of the Gospel judge by what God hath revealed therein. If any do fail to judge by (the light of)
what God hath revealed, they are (no better than) those who rebel.
005.051 To thee We sent the Scripture in truth, confirming the scripture that came before it, and guarding it in safety:
so judge between them by what God hath revealed, and follow not their vain desires, diverging from the Truth that hath
come to thee. To each among you have we prescribed a law and an open way. If God had so willed, He would have made
you a single people, but (His plan is) to test you in what He hath given you: so strive as in a race in all virtues. The goal
of you all is to God; it is He that will show you the truth of the matters in which ye dispute;
005.052 And this (He commands): Judge thou between them by what God hath revealed, and follow not their vain
desires, but beware of them lest they beguile thee from any of that (teaching) which God hath sent down to thee. And
if they turn away, be assured that for some of their crime it is God's purpose to punish them. And truly most men are
rebellious.
005.053 Do they then seek after a judgment of (the days of) ignorance? But who, for a people whose faith is assured,
can give better judgment than God?
005.054 O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends
and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily God guideth
not a people unjust.
005.055 Those in whose hearts is a disease - thou seest how eagerly they run about amongst them, saying: "We do fear
lest a change of fortune bring us disaster." Ah! perhaps God will give (thee) victory, or a decision according to His will.
Then will they repent of the thoughts which they secretly harboured in their hearts.
005.056 And those who believe will say: "Are these the men who swore their strongest oaths by God, that they were
with you?" All that they do will be in vain, and they will fall into (nothing but) ruin.
005.057 O ye who believe! if any from among you turn back from his Faith, soon will God produce a people whom
He will love as they will love Him,- lowly with the believers, mighty against the rejecters, fighting in the way of God,
and never afraid of the reproaches of such as find fault. That is the grace of God, which He will bestow on whom He
pleaseth. And God encompasseth all, and He knoweth all things.
005.058 Your (real) friends are (no less than) God, His Apostle, and the (fellowship of) believers,- those who establish
regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).
005.059 As to those who turn (for friendship) to God, His Apostle, and the (fellowship of) believers,- it is the
fellowship of God that must certainly triumph.
005.060 O ye who believe! take not for friends and protectors those who take your religion for a mockery or sport,-
whether among those who received the Scripture before you, or among those who reject Faith; but fear ye God, if ye
have faith (indeed).
005.061 When ye proclaim your call to prayer they take it (but) as mockery and sport; that is because they are a people
without understanding.
005.062 Say: "O people of the Book! Do ye disapprove of us for no other reason than that we believe in God, and the
revelation that hath come to us and that which came before (us), and (perhaps) that most of you are rebellious and
disobedient?"
005.063 Say: "Shall I point out to you something much worse than this, (as judged) by the treatment it received from
God? those who incurred the curse of God and His wrath, those of whom some He transformed into apes and swine,
those who worshipped evil; these are (many times) worse in rank, and far more astray from the even path!"
005.064 When they come to thee, they say: "We believe": but in fact they enter with a mind against Faith, and they go
out with the same but God knoweth fully all that they hide.
005.065 Many of them dost thou see, racing each other in sin and rancour, and their eating of things forbidden. Evil