wish that ye may err from the way ! But God knows best who your enemies are, and God suffices as a patron, and sufficient is God as a help.
And those who are Jews, and those who pervert the words from their places, and say, ‘ We hear but we rebel, and do thou listen without hearing,’ and (who say) ‘ râ′hinâ[1],’ distorting it with their tongues and taunting about religion. But had they said, ‘ We hear and we obey, so listen and look upon us,’ it would have been better for them and more upright ; — but may God curse them in their misbelief, for they will not believe except a few.
50 O ye who have been given the Book ! believe in what we have revealed, confirming what ye had before ; ere we deface your faces and turn them into hinder parts, or curse you as we cursed the fellows of the Sabbath[2] when God′s command was done.
Verily, God pardons not associating aught with Him, but He pardons anything short of that to whomsoever He pleases ; but he who associates aught with God, he hath devised a mighty sin.
Do ye not see those who purify themselves ? nay, God purifies whom He will, and they shall not be wronged a straw[3].
Behold, how they devise against God a lie, and that is manifest sin enough.
Do ye not see those to whom a portion of the
Book has been given ? They believe in Gibt[4] and Tâghût[4], and they say of those who misbelieve,
