Say: “O people of the Book! why reject ye the signs of God when God is Himself witness to all ye do?
Say: “O ye People of the Book! why obstruct ye those who believe from the path of God seeking to make it crooked while ye were yourselves witnesses (to God’s Covenant)? But God is not unmindful of all that ye do.”
O ye who believe! if ye listen to a faction among the People of the Book they would (indeed) render you apostates after ye have believed!
And how would ye deny faith while unto you are rehearsed the Signs of God and among you lives the Apostle? Whoever holds firmly to God will be shown a way that is straight.
Section 11
O ye who believe! fear God as He should be feared and die not except in a state of Islam.
And hold fast all together by the rope which God (stretches out for you) and be not divided among yourselves; and remember with gratitude God’s favor on you; for ye were enemies and He joined your hearts in love so that by His grace ye became brethren; and ye were on the brink of the pit of fire and He saved you from it. Thus doth God make his signs clear to you: that ye may be guided.
Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong; they are the ones to attain felicity.
Be not like those who are divided amongst themselves and fall into disputations after receiving clear signs; for them is a dreadful penalty.
On the day when some faces will be (lit up with) white and some faces will be (in the gloom of) black; to those whose faces will be black (will be said): “Did ye reject faith after accepting it? Taste then the penalty for rejecting faith.
But those whose faces will be (lit with) white they will be in (the light of) God’s Mercy; therein to dwell (for ever).
These are the Signs of God: We rehearse them to thee in truth: and God means no injustice to any of His creatures.
To God belongs all that is in the heavens and on earth; to Him do all questions go back (for decision).
Section 12
Ye are the best of peoples evolved for mankind enjoining what is right forbidding what is wrong and believing in God. If only the People of the Book had faith it were best for them; among them are some who have faith but most of them are perverted transgressors.
They will do you no harm barring a trifling annoyance; if they come out to fight you they will show you their backs and no help shall they get.
Shame is pitched over them (like a tent) wherever they are found except when under a covenant (of protection) from God and from men; they draw on themselves wrath from God and pitched over them is (the tent of) destitution. This because they rejected the signs of God and slew the prophets in defiance of right; this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds.