P:  Ye are the best community that hath been raised up for mankind.  Ye enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency; and ye believe in Allah.  And if the People of the Scripture had believed it had been better for them.  Some of them are believers; but most of them are evil-livers.

S:  You are the best of the nations raised up for (the benefit of) men; you enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong and believe in Allah; and if the followers of the Book had believed it would have been better for them; of them (some) are believers and most of them are transgressors.

003.111 Y:  They will do you no harm, barring a trifling annoyance; if they come out to fight you, they will show you their backs, and no help shall they get.

P:  They will not harm you save a trifling hurt, and if they fight against you they will turn and flee.  And afterward they will not be helped.

S:  They shall by no means harm you but with a slight evil; and if they fight with you they shall turn (their) backs to you, then shall they not be helped.

003.112 Y:  Shame is pitched over them (Like a tent) wherever they are found, except when under a covenant (of protection) from Allah and from men; they draw on themselves wrath from Allah, and pitched over them is (the tent of) destitution.  This because they rejected the Signs of Allah, and slew the prophets in defiance of right; this because they rebelled and transgressed beyond bounds.

P:  Ignominy shall be their portion wheresoever they are found save (where they grasp) a rope from Allah and a rope from men.  They have incurred anger from their Lord, and wretchedness is laid upon them.  That is because they used to disbelieve the revelations of Allah, and slew the prophets wrongfully.  That is because they were rebellious and used to transgress.

S:  Abasement is made to cleave to them wherever they are found, except under a covenant with Allah and a covenant with men, and they have become deserving of wrath from Allah, and humiliation is made to cleave to them; this is because they disbelieved in the communications of Allah and slew the prophets unjustly; this is because they disobeyed and exceeded the limits.

003.113 Y:  Not all of them are alike:  Of the People of the Book are a portion that stand (For the right):  They rehearse the Signs of Allah all night long, and they prostrate themselves in adoration.

P:  They are not all alike.  Of the People of the Scripture there is a staunch community who recite the revelations of Allah in the night season, falling prostrate (before Him).

S:  They are not all alike; of the followers of the Book there is an upright party; they recite Allah’s communications in the nighttime and they adore (Him).

003.114 Y:  They believe in Allah and the Last Day; they enjoin what is right, and forbid what is wrong; and they hasten (in emulation) in (all) good works:  They are in the ranks of the righteous.