( شَرَعَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الدِّينِ ما وَصَّى بِهِ نُوحاً وَالَّذِي أَوْحَيْنا إِلَيْكَ وَما وَصَّيْنا بِهِ إِبْراهِيمَ وَمُوسى وَعِيسى أَنْ أَقِيمُوا الدِّينَ وَلا تَتَفَرَّقُوا فِيهِ كَبُرَ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ ما تَدْعُوهُمْ إِلَيْهِ اللهُ يَجْتَبِي إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يَشاءُ وَيَهْدِي إِلَيْهِ مَنْ يُنِيبُ ـ 13. وَما تَفَرَّقُوا إِلاَّ مِنْ بَعْدِ ما جاءَهُمُ الْعِلْمُ بَغْياً بَيْنَهُمْ وَلَوْ لا كَلِمَةٌ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ رَبِّكَ إِلى أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى لَقُضِيَ بَيْنَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ أُورِثُوا الْكِتابَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ مُرِيبٍ ـ 14. فَلِذلِكَ فَادْعُ وَاسْتَقِمْ كَما أُمِرْتَ وَلا تَتَّبِعْ أَهْواءَهُمْ وَقُلْ آمَنْتُ بِما أَنْزَلَ اللهُ مِنْ كِتابٍ وَأُمِرْتُ لِأَعْدِلَ بَيْنَكُمُ اللهُ رَبُّنا وَرَبُّكُمْ لَنا أَعْمالُنا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمالُكُمْ لا حُجَّةَ بَيْنَنا وَبَيْنَكُمُ اللهُ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَنا وَإِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ ـ 15. وَالَّذِينَ يُحَاجُّونَ فِي اللهِ مِنْ بَعْدِ ما اسْتُجِيبَ لَهُ حُجَّتُهُمْ داحِضَةٌ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ وَعَلَيْهِمْ غَضَبٌ وَلَهُمْ عَذابٌ شَدِيدٌ ـ 16.
13. He hath ordained for you that religion which He commended unto Noah, and that which We inspire in thee (Muhammad), and that which We commended unto Abraham and Moses and Jesus, saying: Establish the religion, and be not divided therein. Dreadful for the idolaters is that unto which thou callest them. Allah chooseth for Himself whom He will, and guideth unto Himself him who turneth (toward Him).
14. And they were not divided until after the knowledge came unto them, through rivalry among themselves; and had it not been for a Word that had already gone forth from thy Lord for an appointed term, it surely had been judged between them. And those who were made to inherit the Scripture after them are verily in hopeless doubt concerning it.
15. Unto this, then, summon (O Muhammad). And be thou upright as thou art commanded, and follow not their lusts, but say: I believe in whatever scripture Allah hath sent down, and I am commanded to be just among you. Allah is our Lord and your Lord. Unto us our works and unto you your works; no argument between us and you. Allah will bring us together, and unto Him is the journeying.
16. And those who argue concerning Allah after He hath been acknowledged, their argument hath no weight with their Lord, and wrath is upon them and theirs will be an awful doom.
English Qurʾān translation: Marmaduke Pickthall. Used provisionally; a Tabsirah translation is forthcoming.
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