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

120 Never will the Jews be pleased with you,
nor the Christians,
unless you followed their creed.
Say, ‘Indeed it is the guidance of Allah
which is the [true] guidance.’
And should you follow their desires
after the knowledge that has come to you,
you will not have against Allah
any guardian nor any helper.

121 Those to whom We have given the Book
follow it as it ought to be followed:
they have faith in it.
As for those who defy it
— it is they who are the losers.
122 O Children of Israel,
remember My blessing which I bestowed upon you,
and that I gave you an advantage over all the nations.
123 And beware of the Day
when no soul shall compensate for another,
neither shall any ransom be accepted from it,
nor shall any intercession benefit it,
nor will they be helped.

124 And when his Lord tested Abraham
with certain words,
and he fulfilled them,
He said, ‘I am making you the Imam 1 of mankind.’

1 That is, the spiritual and temporal guide and leader of mankind. For other Qur’ānic occurrences of this term, see 17:71; 25:74; 28:5; 32:24; 36:12.

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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 15 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=58