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Allahu ta’ālā says: So because (bi-mā, the mā is extra) of their breaking their covenant, We cursed them, We removed them from Our mercy, and made their hearts hard, unyielding to the acceptance of faith; they pervert words, pertaining to the descriptions of Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" in the Torah and other things, from their contexts, those in which Allahu ta’ālā has placed them, in other words, they substitute them; and they have forgotten, they have abandoned, a portion, a part, of what they were reminded of, [of what] they were enjoined to in the Torah, in the way of following Muhammad "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" ; and you - addressing the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" now - will never cease to discover some treachery on their part, in the way of breaking a covenant or some other matter, except for a few of them, who have submitted themselves [to Islam]. Yet pardon them, and forgive; surely Allahu ta’ālā loves the virtuous: this was abrogated by the 'sword' verse [Q. 9:5].