[3:16]
Those who say: Our Lord! Lo! we
believe. So forgive us our sins and guard us from the punishment of Fire;
[3:17]
The steadfast, and the
truthful, and the obedient, those who spend (and hoard not), those who pray for
pardon in the watches of the night.
[3:18]
Allah (Himself) is Witness that there is no God
save Him. And the angels and the men of learning (too are witness). Maintaining
His creation in justice, there is no God save Him the Almighty, the Wise.
[3:19]
Lo! religion with Allah
(is) the Surrender (to His Will and Guidance). Those who (formerly) received
the Scripture differed only after knowledge came unto them, through
transgression among themselves. Whoso disbelieveth the revelations of Allah
(will find that) lo! Allah is swift at reckoning.
[3:20]
And if they argue with thee, (O Muhammad), say:
I have surrendered my purpose to Allah and (so have) those who follow me. And
say unto those who have received the Scripture and those who read not: Have ye
(too) surrendered ? If they surrender, then truly they
are rightly guided, and if they turn away, then it is thy duty only to convey
the message (unto them). Allah is Seer of (His) bondmen.
[3:21]
Lo! those who
disbelieve the revelations of Allah, and slay the prophets wrongfully, and slay
those of mankind who enjoin equity: promise them a painful doom.
[3:22]
Those are they whose works have failed in the
world and the Hereafter; and they have no helpers.