⁵⁰ “And confirming what is before me¹ of the Torah, and making lawful for you some of what was forbidden to you.² I have come to you with a proof³ from your Lord, so be in prudent fear⁴ of God, and obey me.⁵

⁵¹ “God is my Lord and your Lord, so serve Him. This is a straight path.”

⁵² But when Jesus¹ perceived their denial, he said: “Who are my helpers for God?” The disciples² said: “We are the helpers of God; we believe in³ God; and bear thou witness that we are submitting.”⁴

⁵³ “Our Lord: we believe in¹ what Thou hast sent down, and we follow the Messenger,² so write Thou us down with the witnesses.”

⁵⁴ And they¹ schemed, and God schemed; and God is the best of schemers.

⁵⁵ When¹ God said: “O Jesus:² I will take thee and raise thee to Me, and purify thee of those who ignore warning,³ and place those who follow thee above those who ignore warning⁴ until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that wherein you differed.

⁵⁶ “And as for those who ignore warning:¹ I will punish them with a severe punishment in the World and the Hereafter; and they will have no helpers.”

⁵⁷ And as for those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds: He will give them their rewards in full; but God loves not the wrongdoers.²

⁵⁸ That do We recite to thee of the proofs¹ and the wise remembrance.²

⁵⁹ The likeness of Jesus¹ in the sight of God is as the likeness of Adam; He created him from dust; then He said to him: “Be thou,” and he was.²

⁶⁰ The truth¹ is from thy Lord, so be thou not of those who doubt.

⁶¹ And whoso disputes with thee concerning him¹ after the knowledge which has come to thee, say thou: “Come, let us call our sons and your sons, and our women and your women, and ourselves and yourselves; then let us pray in earnest and invoke the curse of God upon the liars:

⁶² “‘This¹ is the true² story! And there is no god save God! And God, he is the Exalted in Might, the Wise!’”³

⁶³ And if they turn away, God knows the workers of corruption.

⁶⁴ Say thou: “O doctors of the Law:¹ come to an equitable word² between us and you: that we serve not save God; and that we ascribe not partnership³ to Him; and that none of us takes others as lords instead of⁴ God.”⁵ And if they turn away, then say you:⁶ “Bear witness that we are submitting.”⁷

⁶⁵ O doctors of the Law:¹ why dispute you about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel² were sent down only after him? Will you then not³ use reason!

⁶⁶ Here you are: those who have disputed about that whereof you have knowledge; why then dispute you about that whereof you have no knowledge? And God knows, and you know not.

⁶⁷ Abraham was neither one who holds to Judaism,¹ nor a Christian,² but was inclining to truth³ as one submitting;⁴ and he was not of the idolaters.⁵

⁶⁸ The people closest to Abraham are those who have followed him, as have¹ this prophet and those who heed warning;² and God is the ally of the believers.³

⁶⁹ A number of the doctors of the Law¹ would love to lead you astray; and they lead astray only themselves, and they perceive not.

⁷⁰ O doctors of the Law:¹ why deny you the proofs² of God, when you are bearing witness?³

⁷¹ O doctors of the Law:¹ why clothe you the truth² in vanity and conceal the truth,³ when you know?⁴

⁷² And a number of the doctors of the Law¹ say: “Believe in² what was sent down upon those who heed warning³ at the beginning of the day, and deny at the end thereof, that they might return.

⁷³ “And believe not save him who follows your doctrine.”¹ Say thou: “Guidance is the guidance of God, that one be given the like of what you have been given.”² Or would they argue with you before your Lord? Say thou: “Bounty is in the hand of God, He gives it to whom He wills.” And God is encompassing and knowing,

⁷⁴ He chooses for His mercy whom He wills; and God is possessor of tremendous bounty.

⁷⁵ And among the doctors of the Law¹ is he who, if thou entrust him with a fortune,² will deliver it to thee. And among them is he who, if thou entrust him with a dinar,³ will not return it to thee unless thou stand over him. For it is that⁴ they say: “We owe nothing⁵ to the unschooled”;⁶ and they ascribe the lie to God, when they know!⁷

⁷⁶ Verily,¹ whoso fulfils his covenant and is in prudent fear:¹ God loves those of prudent fear.²

⁷⁷ Those who sell the covenant of God¹ and their oaths at a cheap price: those have no portion in the Hereafter; and God will not speak to them or look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He increase them in purity.² And they have a painful punishment.

⁷⁸ And among them a faction distorts the Writ¹ with their tongues, that you might think it from the Writ,² but it is not from the Writ.³ And they say: “It is from God,” but it is not from God. And they ascribe the lie to God, when they know.⁴

⁷⁹ It is not for a mortal that God should give him the Writ¹ and judgment and prophethood, then he should say to men: “Be servants to me rather than² God”; but: “Be men of God³ by what you have taught of the Writ,⁴ and by what you have studied.”

⁸⁰ And nor would he command you to take the angels and the prophets as lords; would he command you to denial after you have been submitting?¹

⁸¹ And when¹ God took agreement of the prophets: “What I give you of Writ² and wisdom,³ then there comes to you a messenger confirming what is with you: you shall believe in⁴ him⁵ and help him.” He said: “Do you affirm and take upon that My covenant?”⁶ Said they: “We do affirm.” He said: “Then bear witness; and I am with you among the witnesses.”

⁸² Then whoso turns away after this, it is they who are the perfidious.¹

⁸³ Is it then other than the doctrine¹ of God they seek, when to Him has submitted whoso is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him they will be returned?

⁸⁴ Say thou: “We believe in¹ God, and what has been sent down upon us, and what was sent down upon Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac, and Jacob and the Grandsons;² and what was given to Moses and Jesus³ and the prophets from their Lord. We make no division between any of them, and to Him we are submitting.”⁴

⁸⁵ And whoso seeks a doctrine¹ other than submission,² it will not be accepted from him; and he in the Hereafter will be among the losers.

⁸⁶ How will God guide a people who denied after their faith, and had borne witness that the Messenger¹ is true,² and clear signs had come to them? And God guides not the wrongdoing³ people.

⁸⁷ Those: their reward is that upon them is the curse of God and of angels and of men all together,

⁸⁸ They abiding eternally therein; the punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be granted respite

⁸⁹ Save those who repent after that, and make right; and God is forgiving and merciful.

⁹⁰ Those who ignore warning¹ after their faith, then grow in denial, their repentance will not be accepted; and it is they who are those who go astray.²

⁹¹ Those who ignore warning¹ and die as atheists:² there would not be accepted from one of them the earth full of gold were he to seek to ransom³ himself thereby; those have a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.

⁹² You attain not to virtue until you spend of what you love; and what you spend of anything, God knows it.

⁹³ All food was lawful to the children of Israel save what Israel made unlawful upon himself before the Torah was sent down. Say thou: “Bring the Torah and recite it,¹ if you be truthful.”²

⁹⁴ And whoso invents a lie about God after that, it is they who are the wrongdoers.¹

⁹⁵ Say thou: “God spoke truly; so follow the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth;¹ and he was not of the idolaters.”²

⁹⁶ (The first¹ house set up for mankind was that at Bakka,² blessed and a guidance for all mankind:³

⁹⁷ In it are clear proofs¹ of the station² of Abraham; and whoso enters it is safe.³ And God’s claim upon mankind is a pilgrimage⁴ to the house, for whoso is able to find a path to it;⁵ and whoso denies: God is free from need of all mankind.)

⁹⁸ Say thou: “O doctors of the Law:¹ why deny you the proofs² of God when God is witness to what you do?”

⁹⁹ Say thou: “O doctors of the Law:¹ why turn you away from² the path of God him who believes, seeking its deviation when you are witnesses? And God is not unmindful of what you do.”