19

Lo!, the religion with Allahu ta’ālā, pleasing [to Him], is submission [to the One Allahu ta’ālā], (al-islām), that is to say, the Divine Law with which the messengers (rusul) were sent, founded upon the affirmation of Allah’s Oneness (a variant reading [for inna, 'lo!'] has anna, 'that', as an inclusive substitution for annahu to the end [of that verse, sc. shahida llāhu … anna l-dīna 'inda llāhi l-islām, 'Allahu ta’ālā bears witness that religion with Allahu ta’ālā is Islām]). Those who were given the Scripture, the Jews and the Christians, differed, in religion, some affirming Allah’s Oneness, others rejecting it, only after the knowledge, of Oneness, came to them through transgression, on the part of the disbelievers, among themselves. And whoever disbelieves in Allah’s āyāt/verses, Allahu ta’ālā is swift at reckoning, that is, at requiting him.