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

until you observe the Torah and the Evangel
and what was sent down to you from your Lord.’
Surely many of them will be increased
by what has been sent down to you from your Lord
in rebellion and unfaith.
So do not grieve for the faithless lot.

69 Indeed the faithful,
the Jews, the Sabaeans, and the Christians
— those who have faith in Allah and the Last Day
and act righteously —
they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.

70 Certainly We took a pledge from the Children of Israel,
and We sent apostles to them.
Whenever an apostle brought them
that which was not to their liking,
they would impugn a part of them,
and a part they would slay.
71 They supposed there would be no testing,
so they became blind and deaf.
Thereafter Allah accepted their repentance,
yet [again] many of them became blind and deaf,
and Allah sees best what they do.

72 They are certainly faithless who say,
‘Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary.’
But the Messiah had said, ‘O Children of Israel!
Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.

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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 10 May. 2024: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=193