When it is said to them, "Believe in what Allah Hath sent down, "they say, "We believe in what was sent down to us:" yet they reject all besides, even if it be Truth confirming what is with them. Say: "Why then have ye slain the prophets of Allah in times gone by, if ye did indeed believe?"
Ah! Ye are those who fell to disputing (Even) in matters of which ye had some knowledge! but why dispute ye in matters of which ye have no knowledge? It is Allah Who knows, and ye who know not!
They (also) said: "Allah took our promise not to believe in an messenger unless He showed us a sacrifice consumed by Fire (From heaven)." Say: "There came to you messengers before me, with clear Signs and even with what ye ask for: why then did ye slay them, if ye speak the truth?"
(Both) the Jews and the Christians say: "We are sons of Allah, and his beloved." Say: "Why then doth He punish you for your sins? Nay, ye are but men,- of the men he hath created: He forgiveth whom He pleaseth, and He punisheth whom He pleaseth: and to Allah belongeth the dominion of the heavens and the earth, and all that is between: and unto Him is the final goal (of all)"
有人对他们说:“你们应当信真主所降示的经典。”他们就说:“我们信我们所受的启示。”他们不信此後的经典,其实,这部经典是真实的,能证实他们所有的经典。你说:“如果你们是信道的人,以前你们为甚麽杀害众先知呢?”
你们这等人,自己知道的事,固然可以辩论;怎么连自己所不知道的事,也要加以辩论呢?真主知道,你们确不知道。”
他们曾说:“真主确已命令我们不可确信任何使者,直到他昭示火所焚化的供物。”你说:“在我之前,有许多使者已昭示你们许多明证,并昭示你们所请求的;如果你们是诚实的,你们为什么要杀害他们呢?”
犹太教徒和基督教徒都说:”我们是真主的儿子,是他心爱的人.”你说:”他为什么要因你们的罪过而惩治你们呢?”其实,你们是他所创造的人。他要赦宥谁,就赦宥谁,要惩罚谁;就惩罚谁。天地万物的国权,只是真主的;他是最后的归宿。