Chapter Three: Ali' Imran - Verses 51 - 100

Indeed Allah is my Lord and your Lord; so worship Him. This is a straight path."( 51 )

And when Jesus sensed their faithlessness, he said," Who will be my helpers toward Allah?" The Disciples said," We will be helpers of Allah. We have faith in Allah, and bear witness that we are Muslims.( 52 )

Our Lord, we believe in what You have sent down, and we follow the apostle, so write us among the witnesses."( 53 )

Then they plotted[ against Jesus ], and Allah also devised, and Allah is the best of devisers.( 54 )

When Allah said," O Jesus, I shall take you[ r soul ], and I shall raise you up toward Myself, and I shall clear you of[ the calumnies of ]the faithless, and I shall set those who follow you above the faithless until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me will be your return, whereat I will judge between you concerning that about which you used to differ.( 55 )

As for the faithless, I will punish them with a severe punishment in the world and the Hereafter; and they will have no helpers."( 56 )

But as for those who have faith and do righteous deeds, He will pay them in full their rewards, and Allah does not like the wrongdoers.( 57 )

These that We recite to you are from the signs and the Wise Reminder.( 58 )

Indeed the case of Jesus with Allah is like the case of Adam: He created him from dust, then said to him," Be," and he was.( 59 )

This is the truth from your Lord, so do not be among the skeptics.( 60 )

Should anyone argue with you concerning him, after the knowledge that has come to you, say," Come! Let us call our sons and your sons, our women and your women, our souls and your souls, then let us pray earnestly and call down Allah's curse upon the liars."( 61 )

This is indeed the true account, for sure. There is no god but Allah, and indeed Allah is the All-mighty, the All-wise.( 62 )

But if they turn away, indeed Allah knows best the agents of corruption.( 63 )

Say," O People of the Book! Come to a word common between us and you: that we will worship no one but Allah, and that we will not ascribe any partner to Him, and that we will not take each other as lords besides Allah." But if they turn away, say," Be witnesses that we are Muslims."( 64 )

O People of the Book! Why do you argue concerning Abraham? Neither the Torah nor the Evangel were sent down until[ long ]after him. Do you not apply reason?( 65 )

Ah! You are the very ones who argue about that of which you have knowledge. Why then do you argue about that of which you have no knowledge? And Allah knows and you do not know.( 66 )

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian. Rather he was a hanif, a muslim, and he was not one of the polytheists.( 67 )

Indeed the nearest of all people to Abraham are those who follow him, and this prophet and those who have faith, and Allah is the guardian of the faithful.( 68 )

A group of the People of the Book were eager to lead you astray; yet they lead no one astray except themselves, but they are not aware.( 69 )

O People of the Book! Why do you defy Allah's signs while you testify[ to their truth ]?( 70 )

O People of the Book! Why do you mix the truth with falsehood, and conceal the truth while you know[ it ]?( 71 )

A group of the People of the Book say," Believe in what has been sent down to the faithful at the beginning of the day, and disbelieve at its end, so that they may turn back[ from their religion ]."( 72 )

" And do not believe anyone except him who follows your religion." Say," Indeed[ true ]guidance is the guidance of Allah.""[ And do not believe ]that anyone may be given the like of what you were given, or that he may argue with you before your Lord." Say," Indeed all grace is in Allah's hand; He grants it to whomever He wishes, and Allah is all-bounteous, all-knowing.( 73 )

He singles out for His mercy whomever He wishes, and Allah is dispenser of a great grace."( 74 )

And among the People of the Book is he who if you entrust him with a quintal will repay it to you, and among them is he who, if you entrust him with a dinar will not repay it to you unless you stand persistently over him. That is because they say," We have no obligation to the non-Jews." But they attribute lies to Allah, and they know[ it ].( 75 )

Yes, whoever fulfills his commitments and is wary of Allah Allah indeed loves the God wary.( 76 )

Those who sell Allah's covenant and their oaths for a paltry gain there shall be no share for them in the Hereafter and Allah will not speak to them nor will He[ so much as ]look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and there is a painful punishment for them.( 77 )

There is indeed a group of them who twist their tongues to mimic the Book, that you may suppose that it is from the Book, though it is not from the Book, and they say," It is from Allah," though it is not from Allah, and they attribute lies to Allah, and they know[ it ].( 78 )

It does not behoove any human that Allah should give him the Book, judgement and prophethood, and then he should say to the people," Be my servants instead of Allah." Rather[ he would say ]," Be a godly people, because of your teaching the Book and because of your studying it."( 79 )

And he would not command you to take the angels and the prophets for lords. Would he call you to unfaith after you have been Muslims?( 80 )

When Allah took a compact concerning the prophets,[ He said, ]" Inasmuch as I have given you of the Book and wisdom, should an apostle come to you thereafter confirming what is with you, you shall believe in him and help him." He said," Do you pledge and accept My covenant on this condition?" They said," We pledge." He said," Then be witnesses, and I am also among the witnesses along with you."( 81 )

Then whoever turns away after that it is they who are the transgressors.( 82 )

Do they, then, seek a religion other than Allah's, while to Him submits whoever there is in the heavens and the earth, willingly or unwillingly, and to Him they will be brought back?( 83 )

Say," We have faith in Allah, and in what has been sent down to us, and what was sent down to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus were given, and the prophets, from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit."( 84 )

Should anyone follow a religion other than Islam, it shall never be accepted from him, and he will be among the losers in the Hereafter.( 85 )

How shall Allah guide a people who have disbelieved after their faith and[ after ]bearing witness that the Apostle is true, and[ after ]manifest proofs had come to them? Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.( 86 )

Their requital is that there shall be upon them the curse of Allah, the angels, and all mankind.( 87 )

They will remain in it[ forever ], and their punishment shall not be lightened, nor will they be granted any respite,( 88 )

except such as repent after that and make amends, for Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.( 89 )

Indeed those who turn faithless after their faith, and then advance in faithlessness, their repentance will never be accepted, and it is they who are the astray.( 90 )

Indeed those who turn faithless, and die while they are faithless, a world of gold will not be accepted from any of them should he offer it for ransom. For such there will be a painful punishment, and they will have no helpers.( 91 )

You will never attain piety until you spend out of what you hold dear, and whatever you may spend of anything, Allah indeed knows it.( 92 )

All food was lawful to the Children of Israel except what Israel had forbidden himself before the Torah was sent down. Say," Bring the Torah, and read it, should you be truthful."( 93 )

So whoever fabricates a lie against Allah after that it is they who are the wrongdoers.( 94 )

Say," Allah has spoken the truth; so follow the creed of Abraham, a hanif, and he was not one of the polytheists.( 95 )

Indeed the first house to be set up for mankind is the one at Bakkah, blessed and a guidance for all nations.( 96 )

In it are manifest signs[ and ]Abraham's Station, and whoever enters it shall be secure. And it is the duty of mankind toward Allah to make pilgrimage to the House for those who can afford the journey to it and should anyone renege[ on his obligation ], Allah is indeed without need of the creatures.( 97 )

Say," O People of the Book! Why do you defy the signs of Allah, while Allah is witness to what you do?"( 98 )

Say," O People of the Book! why do you bar the faithful from the way of Allah, seeking to make it crooked, while you are witnesses[ to its truthfulness ]? And Allah is not oblivious of what you do."( 99 )

O you who have faith, if you obey a part of those who were given the Book, they will turn you back, after your faith, into faithless ones.( 100 )