and the Sunnah of His Prophet, [then hasten to the truth, and return to honesty] 1 , for the truth is more deserving to be followed, and God loves the truth, and the people of truth are His chosen ones among His servants. Have you not heard what God, Mighty and Majestic, said to the people of the four Books? God said to the people of the Torah: [So do not fear the people but fear Me, and do not purchase with My signs a small price] 2 , and the small price is the allegiance to the adversaries, and you have spent your life in their association, while I [initiated] 3 in showing hostility to them and spent my life in avoiding them, [And whoever does not judge by what God has revealed - then it is those who are the disbelievers] 4 , and God the Exalted said: [But whoever remits it ex-post, it is an expiation for him] 5 , and the Exalted said to the people of the Gospel: [And let the People of the Gospel judge by what God has revealed therein. And whoever does not judge by what God has revealed - then it is those who are the defiantly disobedient] 6 ,
1In another manuscript: then hasten and return to the truth.
2Surah al-Ma'idah, Verse 44
3In another manuscript: always.
4Surah al-Ma'idah, Verse 44
5Surah al-Ma'idah, Verse 45
6Surah al-Ma'idah, Verse 47




