Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

But if they turn their backs [on you],
then know that Allah desires to punish them
for some of their sins,
and indeed many of the people are transgressors.
50 Do they seek the judgement of [pagan] ignorance?
But who is better than Allah in judgement
for a people who have certainty?
51 O you who have faith!
Do not take the Jews and the Christians for allies:
they are allies of each other.
Any of you who allies with them
is indeed one of them.
Indeed Allah does not guide the wrongdoing lot.
52 Yet you see those in whose hearts is a sickness
rushing to them,
saying, ‘We fear lest a turn of fortune should visit us.’
Maybe Allah will bring about a victory,
or a command from Him,
and then they will be
regretful for what they kept secret in their hearts,
53 and the faithful will say,
‘Are these the ones who swore by Allah
with solemn oaths that they were with you?!’
Their works have failed,
and they have become losers.
54 O you who have faith!
Should any of you desert his religion,
Allah will soon bring a people whom He loves
and who love Him,
[who will be] humble towards the faithful,

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 06 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=189