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Say

O People

(of) the Book

(Do) not

exceed

in

your religion

other than

the truth

and (do) not

follow

(vain) desires

(of) a people

certainly

who went astray

from

before

and they misled

many

and they have strayed

from

(the) right

[the] way

Were cursed

those who

disbelieved

from

(the) Children

(of) Israel

by

(the) tongue

(of) Dawood

and Isa

son

(of) Maryam

that (was)

because

they disobeyed

and they were

transgressing

They had been

not

forbidding each other

from

wrongdoing

they did [it]

Surely, evil

(was) what

they were

doing

You see

many

of them

taking as allies

those who

disbelieved

Surely evil

(is) what

sent forth

for them

their souls

that

became angry

Allah

with them

and in

the punishment

they

(will) abide forever

And if

they had

believed

in Allah

and the Prophet

and what

has been revealed

to him

not

they (would have) taken them

(as) allies

[and] but

many

of them

(are) defiantly disobedient

Surely you will find

strongest

(of) the people

(in) enmity

to those who

believe

the Jews

and those who

(are) polytheists

and surely you will find

nearest of them

(in) affection

to those who

believe

those who

say

We

(are) Christians

That (is)

because

among them

(are) priests

and monks

and that they

(are) not

arrogant