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wa-mina lladhīna qālū ʾinnā naṣārā ʾakhadhnā mīthāqahum fa-nasū ḥaẓẓan mimmā dhukkirū bihī fa-ʾaghraynā baynahumu l-ʿadāwata wa-l-baghḍāʾa ʾilā yawmi l-qiyāmati wa-sawfa yunabbiʾuhumu llāhu bi-mā kānū yaṣnaʿūna
Also from those who say, ‘We are Christians,’ We took their pledge; but they forgot a part of what they were reminded. So We stirred up enmity and hatred among them until the Day of Resurrection, and soon Allah will inform them concerning what they had been doing.
— Ali Quli Qarai
Surah Al-Ma'idah, Verse 14
14. "And of those who say: 'We are Christians' We did take their covenant, but they (also like Israelites) have neglected a part of what they were admonished with. Therefore We have stirred up among them enmity and hatred till the Day of Resurrection; and soon Allah will inform them of what they have been doing."
In the previous verse, the words were about the breach of promise among the Children of Israel. Now, in this verse, the statement is upon the breach of promise among the Christians. That verse introduced almost all the Israelites as breachers of promise, (except a few of them). But, in this verse, from the beginning, it separates a part of the Christians as breachers of promise when it says:
This shows that the number of the deluded people among the Jews is larger than those among the Christians.
Explanation
The Qur'anic term /nasara/ (Christians), mentioned in this holy verse, is the plural form of the word /nasrani/, and, therein, the Christians are entitled /nasara/ since the helpers and companions of Jesus (as) used to say:
Therefore, we must take an example by the bitter results emerged from breach of promise that other people had suffered. The verse indicates that Allah took covenant from the Christians, but since they neglected it they encountered the infliction of Ahzab.
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