Christians say it is the Jews who follow nothing that is good. Yet they
both read the Scriptures. Even thus speak those who do not know.Allah
will judge their disputes on the Day of Resurrection.
Who is more unjust than the men who seek to destroy the mosques of
Allah and forbid His name to be mentioned in them? These men may
not enter them except stricken with fear. They shall be held to shame in
this world and sternly punished in the next.
To Allah belongs the east and the west. Whichever way you turn,
there is the face ofAllah. He is Omnipresent andAll-knowing.
They say: 'Allah has begotten a son.' Glory be to Him. His is what the
heavens and the earth contain; all things are obedient to Him. Creator
of the heavens and the earth! When He decrees a thing, He need only
say 'Be,' and it is.
And those who do not know ask: 'Why does Allah not speak to us or
give us a sign? ' The same demand was made by those before them:
their hearts are all alike. But to those whose faith is firm, We have
already revealedOur signs.
We have sent you forth to proclaim the truth and to give warning.
You shall not be questioned about the people of Hell.
You will please neither the Christians nor the Jews unless you follow
their faith. Say: 'The guidance of Allah is the only guidance.' And if
after all the knowledge you have been given you yield to their desires,
there shall be none to help or protect you from the wrath of Allah.
Those to whomWe have given the Book, and who read it as it ought to
be read, truly believe in it; those that deny it shall assuredly be the
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