فَكَيۡفَ

إِذَا

جِئۡنَا

مِن

كُلِّ

أُمَّةِۭ

بِشَهِيدٖ

وَجِئۡنَا

بِكَ

عَلَىٰ

هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ

شَهِيدٗا

٤١

So how will it be when We bring a witness from every faith-community and bring you ˹O Prophet˺ as a witness against yours?

On that Day, those who denied ˹Allah˺ and disobeyed the Messenger will wish they were reduced to dust. And they will never be able to hide anything from Allah.¹ 

O believers! Do not approach prayer while intoxicated¹ until you are aware of what you say, nor in a state of ˹full˺ impurity²—unless you merely pass through ˹the mosque˺—until you have bathed. But if you are ill, on a journey, or have relieved yourselves, or been intimate with your wives and cannot find water, then purify yourselves with clean earth, wiping your faces and hands.³ And Allah is Ever-Pardoning, All-Forgiving.

Have you ˹O Prophet˺ not seen those who were given a portion of the Scriptures yet trade it for misguidance and wish to see you deviate from the ˹Right˺ Path?

Allah knows best who your enemies are! And Allah is sufficient as a Guardian, and He is sufficient as a Helper.

Some Jews take words out of context and say, “We listen and we disobey,” “Hear! May you never hear,” and “Râ’ina!” [Herd us!]—playing with words and discrediting the faith. Had they said ˹courteously˺, “We hear and obey,” “Listen to us,” and “Unẓurna,” [Tend to us!] it would have been better for them and more proper. Allah has condemned them for their disbelief, so they do not believe except for a few.

O you who were given the Book! Believe in what We have revealed—confirming your own Scriptures—before We wipe out ˹your˺ faces, turning them backwards, or We condemn the defiant as We did to the Sabbath-breakers.¹ And Allah’s command is always executed!

Indeed, Allah does not forgive associating others with Him ˹in worship˺,¹ but forgives anything else of whoever He wills. And whoever associates others with Allah has indeed committed a grave sin.

Have you ˹O Prophet˺ not seen those who ˹falsely˺ elevate themselves? It is Allah who elevates whoever He wills. And none will be wronged ˹even by the width of˺ the thread of a date stone.

See how they fabricate lies against Allah—this alone is a blatant sin.