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وَقَالُوا۟ And they said كُونُوا۟ Be هُودًا Jews أَوْ or نَصَـٰرَىٰ Christians تَهْتَدُوا۟ ۗ (then) you will be guided قُلْ Say بَلْ Nay مِلَّةَ (the) religion إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ (of) Ibrahim حَنِيفًۭا ۖ (the) upright وَمَا and not كَانَ he was مِنَ of ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ those who associated partners (with Allah) ١٣٥

They say, "Be Jews or Christians [so] you will be guided." Say, "Rather, [we follow] the religion of Abraham, inclining toward truth, and he was not of the polytheists."

— Come To Light

قُولُوٓا۟ Say ءَامَنَّا We have believed بِٱللَّهِ in Allah وَمَآ and what أُنزِلَ (is) revealed إِلَيْنَا to us وَمَآ and what أُنزِلَ was revealed إِلَىٰٓ to إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ Ibrahim وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ and Ishmael وَإِسْحَـٰقَ and Isaac وَيَعْقُوبَ and Yaqub وَٱلْأَسْبَاطِ and the descendants وَمَآ and what أُوتِىَ was given مُوسَىٰ (to) Musa وَعِيسَىٰ and Isa وَمَآ and what أُوتِىَ was given ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ (to) the Prophets مِن from رَّبِّهِمْ their Lord لَا Not نُفَرِّقُ we make distinction بَيْنَ between أَحَدٍۢ any مِّنْهُمْ of them وَنَحْنُ And we لَهُۥ to Him مُسْلِمُونَ (are) submissive ١٣٦

Say, [O believers], "We have believed in Allāh and what has been revealed to us and what has been revealed to Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants [al-Asbāṭ] and what was given to Moses and Jesus and what was given to the prophets from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and we are Muslims [in submission] to Him."

— Come To Light

فَإِنْ So if ءَامَنُوا۟ they believe[d] بِمِثْلِ in (the) like مَآ (of) what ءَامَنتُم you have believed بِهِۦ in [it] فَقَدِ then indeed ٱهْتَدَوا۟ ۖ they are (rightly) guided وَّإِن But if تَوَلَّوْا۟ they turn away فَإِنَّمَا then only هُمْ they فِى (are) in شِقَاقٍۢ ۖ dissension فَسَيَكْفِيكَهُمُ So will suffice you against them ٱللَّهُ ۚ Allah وَهُوَ and He ٱلسَّمِيعُ (is) the All-Hearing ٱلْعَلِيمُ the All-Knowing ١٣٧

So if they believe in the same as you believe in, then they have been [rightly] guided; but if they turn away, they are only in dissension, and Allāh will be sufficient for you against them. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

— Come To Light

صِبْغَةَ (The) color (religion) ٱللَّهِ ۖ (of) Allah وَمَنْ And who أَحْسَنُ (is) better مِنَ than ٱللَّهِ Allah صِبْغَةًۭ ۖ at coloring وَنَحْنُ And we لَهُۥ to Him عَـٰبِدُونَ (are) worshippers ١٣٨

[And say, "Ours is] the religion of Allāh. And who is better than Allāh in [ordaining] religion? And we are worshippers of Him."

— Come To Light

قُلْ Say أَتُحَآجُّونَنَا Do you argue with us فِى about ٱللَّهِ Allah وَهُوَ while He رَبُّنَا (is) our Lord وَرَبُّكُمْ and your Lord وَلَنَآ And for us أَعْمَـٰلُنَا (are) our deeds وَلَكُمْ and for you أَعْمَـٰلُكُمْ (are) your deeds وَنَحْنُ and we لَهُۥ to Him مُخْلِصُونَ (are) sincere ١٣٩

Say, [O Muḥammad], "Do you argue with us about Allāh while He is our Lord and your Lord? For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. And we are sincere [in deed and intention] to Him."

— Come To Light

أَمْ Or تَقُولُونَ (do) you say إِنَّ that إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَ Ibrahim وَإِسْمَـٰعِيلَ and Ishmael وَإِسْحَـٰقَ and Isaac وَيَعْقُوبَ and Yaqub وَٱلْأَسْبَاطَ and the descendants كَانُوا۟ were هُودًا Jews أَوْ or نَصَـٰرَىٰ ۗ Christians قُلْ Say ءَأَنتُمْ Are you أَعْلَمُ better knowing أَمِ or ٱللَّهُ ۗ (is) Allah وَمَنْ And who أَظْلَمُ (is) more unjust مِمَّن than (the one) who كَتَمَ concealed شَهَـٰدَةً a testimony عِندَهُۥ (that) he has مِنَ from ٱللَّهِ ۗ Allah وَمَا And not ٱللَّهُ (is) Allah بِغَـٰفِلٍ unaware عَمَّا of what تَعْمَلُونَ you do ١٤٠

Or do you say that Abraham and Ishmael and Isaac and Jacob and the Descendants were Jews or Christians? Say, "Are you more knowing or is Allāh?" And who is more unjust than one who conceals a testimony he has from Allāh? And Allāh is not unaware of what you do.

— Come To Light

تِلْكَ This أُمَّةٌۭ (was) a community قَدْ (which) خَلَتْ ۖ has passed away لَهَا for it مَا what كَسَبَتْ it earned وَلَكُم and for you مَّا what كَسَبْتُمْ ۖ you have earned وَلَا And not تُسْـَٔلُونَ you will be asked عَمَّا about what كَانُوا۟ they used to يَعْمَلُونَ do ١٤١

That is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to do.

— Come To Light

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