وَإِذا نادَيتُم إِلَى الصَّلاةِ اتَّخَذوها هُزُوًا وَلَعِبًا ۚ ذٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُم قَومٌ لا يَعقِلونَ

When you call for prayer, they treat it as a jest and a diversion. This is because they are people who lack understanding.

قُل يا أَهلَ الكِتابِ هَل تَنقِمونَ مِنّا إِلّا أَن آمَنّا بِاللَّهِ وَما أُنزِلَ إِلَينا وَما أُنزِلَ مِن قَبلُ وَأَنَّ أَكثَرَكُم فاسِقونَ

Say, “O People of the Scripture, do you resent us merely because we believe in God, in what was revealed to us, and in what was revealed before, and because many among you are sinful?”

قُل هَل أُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِن ذٰلِكَ مَثوبَةً عِندَ اللَّهِ ۚ مَن لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ وَغَضِبَ عَلَيهِ وَجَعَلَ مِنهُمُ القِرَدَةَ وَالخَنازيرَ وَعَبَدَ الطّاغوتَ ۚ أُولـٰئِكَ شَرٌّ مَكانًا وَأَضَلُّ عَن سَواءِ السَّبيلِ

Say, “Shall I inform you of something worse than that as a penalty from God? Those whom God has cursed, upon whom His wrath has descended, some of whom He transformed into apes and pigs, and those who worship false gods. These are in a worse position and further astray from the straight path.”

وَإِذا جاءوكُم قالوا آمَنّا وَقَد دَخَلوا بِالكُفرِ وَهُم قَد خَرَجوا بِهِ ۚ وَاللَّهُ أَعلَمُ بِما كانوا يَكتُمونَ

When they come to you, they say, “We believe,” yet they enter with disbelief and exit the same way. But God is Best Aware of what they hide.

وَتَرىٰ كَثيرًا مِنهُم يُسارِعونَ فِي الإِثمِ وَالعُدوانِ وَأَكلِهِمُ السُّحتَ ۚ لَبِئسَ ما كانوا يَعمَلونَ

You see many of them hastening into sin, hostility, and consuming what’s unlawful. How terrible is what they’ve been doing.

وَقالَتِ اليَهودُ يَدُ اللَّهِ مَغلولَةٌ ۚ غُلَّت أَيديهِم وَلُعِنوا بِما قالوا ۘ بَل يَداهُ مَبسوطَتانِ يُنفِقُ كَيفَ يَشاءُ ۚ وَلَيَزيدَنَّ كَثيرًا مِنهُم ما أُنزِلَ إِلَيكَ مِن رَبِّكَ طُغيانًا وَكُفرًا ۚ وَأَلقَينا بَينَهُمُ العَداوَةَ وَالبَغضاءَ إِلىٰ يَومِ القِيامَةِ ۚ كُلَّما أَوقَدوا نارًا لِلحَربِ أَطفَأَهَا اللَّهُ ۚ وَيَسعَونَ فِي الأَرضِ فَسادًا ۚ وَاللَّهُ لا يُحِبُّ المُفسِدينَ

The Jews say, “God’s hand is tied up.” Their hands are tied up, and they are cursed for what they say. Rather, His hands are outstretched; He gives as He wills. The revelations sent to you from your Lord only increase most of them in rebellion and disbelief. We instilled animosity and hatred among them until Resurrection Day. Whenever they kindle the fire of war, God extinguishes it. They endeavor to spread corruption on earth, but God doesn’t love the corrupters.

وَلَو أَنَّ أَهلَ الكِتابِ آمَنوا وَاتَّقَوا لَكَفَّرنا عَنهُم سَيِّئَاتِهِم وَلَأَدخَلناهُم جَنّاتِ النَّعيمِ

If the People of the Scripture had believed and acted righteously, We would have blotted out their sins and admitted them into Gardens of Delight.

وَلَو أَنَّهُم أَقامُوا التَّوراةَ وَالإِنجيلَ وَما أُنزِلَ إِلَيهِم مِن رَبِّهِم لَأَكَلوا مِن فَوقِهِم وَمِن تَحتِ أَرجُلِهِم ۚ مِنهُم أُمَّةٌ مُقتَصِدَةٌ ۖ وَكَثيرٌ مِنهُم ساءَ ما يَعمَلونَ

If they had upheld the Torah, the Gospel, and what was revealed to them from their Lord, they would’ve consumed from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them is a community that’s balanced, but many of them—evil is what they do.

يا أَيُّهَا الرَّسولُ بَلِّغ ما أُنزِلَ إِلَيكَ مِن رَبِّكَ ۖ وَإِن لَم تَفعَل فَما بَلَّغتَ رِسالَتَهُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعصِمُكَ مِنَ النّاسِ ۗ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لا يَهدِي القَومَ الكافِرينَ

O Messenger, convey what was revealed to you from your Lord. If you don’t, then you wouldn’t have conveyed His message. God will protect you from the people. God does not guide the disbelieving people.

قُل يا أَهلَ الكِتابِ لَستُم عَلىٰ شَيءٍ حَتّىٰ تُقيمُوا التَّوراةَ وَالإِنجيلَ وَما أُنزِلَ إِلَيكُم مِن رَبِّكُم ۗ وَلَيَزيدَنَّ كَثيرًا مِنهُم ما أُنزِلَ إِلَيكَ مِن رَبِّكَ طُغيانًا وَكُفرًا ۖ فَلا تَأسَ عَلَى القَومِ الكافِرينَ

Say, “O People of the Scripture, you are on nothing unless you uphold the Torah, the Gospel, and what was revealed to you from your Lord.” What was revealed to you from your Lord increases the majority of them in excessive wrongdoing and disbelief. So, don’t grieve over the disbelieving people.