2:88 They say, “Our hearts are hardened.” But Allah has cursed them for their unbelief.
Their faith is weak. And when the Scriptures came from Allah, confirming what they
already had, they refused to believe in it, although they had long prayed for victory over the
unbelievers. Therefore, Allah’s curse is on those without faith! They have sold themselves
for a vile price by not believing what Allah has sent down, begrudging Him the right to send
it to whichever messenger He pleases. They have brought relentless wrath upon themselves.
Disgraceful punishment awaits the unbelievers.
2:91 When they are told, “Believe in what Allah has sent down,” they say, “We believe in
what was sent down to us.” They reject what has since been sent down even though it is true
and confirms their own scriptures. Say: Then why did you kill the messengers of Allah in
the past if you are truly believers?
5:59 Say: Oh, people of the Book [Jews and Christians], do you not reject us only because
we believe in Allah, in what He has sent down to us, in what He has sent before us, and
because most of you are wrongdoers? Say: Can I tell you of retribution
worse than this that
awaits them with Allah? It is for those who incurred the curse of Allah and His anger;
those whom He changed into apes [Jews] and swine [Christians]; those who worship evil
are in a worse place, and have gone far astray from the right path.
5:61 When they presented themselves to you, they said, “We believe,” but they came as
unbelievers to you, and as unbelievers they left. Allah well knew what they concealed. You
will see many of them striving with one another to hurry sin, to exceed limits, and to eat
unlawful things. What they do is evil. Why do their doctors and rabbis not forbid them from
the habit of uttering wickedness and eating unlawful food? Certainly, their works are evil.
5:64 The Jews say, “The hand of Allah is chained up.” Their own hands will be chained up
[on the Last Day, the Jews will have their right hand chained to their necks], and they will
be cursed for what they say. No, both His hands are outstretched. He bestows His gifts at
His own pleasure. That which has been sent down to you from your Lord will surely
increase the rebellion and unbelief of many of them. We have put animosity and hatred
between them that will last until Resurrection Day. Every time they kindle a fire for war,
Allah will extinguish it. Their aim will be to assist mischief on the earth, but Allah does not
love those who assist mischief.
5:65 If only the people of the Scriptures [Jews and Christians] will believe and guard against
evil, we will surely take their sins away from them and will bring them into Gardens of
delight. If they will observe the Law and the Gospel and what was sent down to them from
their Lord, they will surely be nourished from above them and from beneath their feet. Some
of them are on the right course, but many of them do evil.
5:67 Oh, Messenger, deliver what has been sent down to you from your Lord. If you do not,
you will not have delivered His message. Allah will protect you from evil men, for Allah
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does not guide unbelievers. Say: Oh, people of the Book [Jews and Christians], you have no
ground to stand on until you observe the Law and the Gospel and that which was sent down
to you from your Lord. The Book [the Koran] that was sent down from your Lord will
certainly increase the rebellion and unbelief of many of them, but do not be grieved for the
unbelievers.
5:69 Those who believe and those who are Jews, Sabians [unknown, but perhaps a sect of
Christians in Iraq], and Christians–whoever believes in Allah and in the last day–does what
is right. They will have no fear, nor will they be put to grief.
5:70 We made the covenant of old with the Children of Israel, and We sent messengers to
them. Whenever there was a messenger with news that they did not desire, they became
rebellious, and some of them they treated as liars, and some they killed. They thought no
harm would come of it, so they became blind and deaf. Then Allah turned to them in
mercy. Then again many of them became blind and deaf, but Allah sees what they do.
5:77 Say: Oh,
people of the Book, do not step out of the bounds of truth in your religion, and
do not follow the desires of those who have gone wrong and led many astray. They have
themselves gone astray from the even way.
5:78 Those among the Children of Israel who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of
David and of Jesus, Son of Mary, because they were rebellious and persisted in excesses.
They did not restrain one another from the iniquity they committed. Their actions were
detestable. You will see many of them make friends with the unbelievers. They have sent
their evil works on before them. Allah is angry with them, and they will abide in torment
forever. If they had believed in Allah, the Messenger, and the Koran that was revealed to
him, they would not choose them for their friends, but most of them are rebellious
wrongdoers.
5:82 You will find the Jews and the polytheists to be the most passionately hostile to those
who believe. You will find the Christians to be the nearest in affection to those who believe.
This is because they are devoted men of learning, and they are not arrogant. When they hear
what has been revealed to the Messenger, you will see their eyes overflow with tears
because they recognize the truth saying, “Oh, our Lord, we believe. Write us down with the
witnesses. Why should we not believe in Allah and in the truth that has come down to us?
Why should we not hope that our Lord will bring us into Paradise with the just?”
5:85 Therefore, Allah has rewarded them for their words with Gardens with rivers flowing
beneath; they will abide there forever. This is the reward of the good, but they who do not
believe and treat Our signs as lies will be the companions of Hellfire.
2:174 Those [the Jews] who conceal any part of the Scriptures which Allah has revealed in
order to gain a small profit shall ingest nothing but Fire in their stomachs. Allah will not
speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, and they will pay a painful penalty. They are the
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