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Verse 18

5:18 wa qaalatil yahuudu wan naSaaraa naHnu abnaaul-laahi wa aHib-baauh* qul falima yu'Adh-dhibukum bi dhunuubikum* bal antum basharum mim-man khalaq* yagfiru limay yashaau wa yu'Adh-dhibu may yashaa'* wa lil-laahi mulkus samaawaati wal arDi wa maa baynahumaa wa ilayhil maSiyr

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Ahmed Raza Khan: Mohammed Aqib Qadri:
The Jews and the Christians said, "We are the sons of Allah and His beloved ones"; say, "Why does He then punish you for your sins? In fact you are human beings, part of His creation; He forgives whomever He wills, and punishes whomever He wills; and for Allah only is the kingship of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them - and towards Him is the return."

Yusuf Ali:
(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)"

Pickthal:
The Jews and Christians say: We are sons of Allah and His loved ones. Say: Why then doth He chastise you for your sins? Nay, ye are but mortals of His creating. He forgiveth whom He will, and chastiseth whom He will. Allah's is the Sovereignty of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them, and unto Him is the journeying.

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