16. وَلَقَدْ آتَیْنَا بَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ الْکِتَابَ وَالْحُکْمَ وَالنُّبُوَّةَ وَرَزَقْنَاهُمْ مِنْ الطَّیِّبَاتِ وَفَضَّلْنَاهُمْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِینَ
16- AND VERILY WE GAVE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL THE BOOK, WISDOM, AND PROPHETHOOD. AND WE SUSTAINED THEM WITH GOOD (CLEAN) THINGS, AND WE EXCELLED THEM OVER THE NATIONS.
17. وَآتَیْنَاهُمْ بَیِّنَاتٍ مِنْ الاَْمْرِ فَمَا اخْتَلَفُوا إِلاَّ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا جَاءَهُمْ الْعِلْمُ بَغْیآ بَیْنَهُمْ إِنَّ رَبَّکَ یَقْضِی بَیْنَهُمْ یَوْمَ الْقِیَامَةِ فِیمَا کَانُوا فِیهِ یَخْتَلِفُونَ
17- AND WE BROUGHT THEM EVIDENCES OF THE AFFAIR. (OF RELIGION AND PROPHETHOOD) THEN THEY DIFFERED NOT, EXCEPT AFTER KNOWLEDGE CAME TO THEM, DUE TO THEIR INSOLENT ENVY.
VERILY YOUR LORD WILL JUDGE BETWEEN THEM IN THE RESURRECTION DAY, TOUCHING THAT IN WHICH THEY DIFFERED.
18. ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَاکَ عَلَى شَرِیعَةٍ مِنْ الاَْمْرِ فَاتَّبِعْهَا وَلاَ تَتَّبِعْ أَهْوَاءَ الَّذِینَ لاَ یَعْلَمُونَ
18- THEN WE SET YOU UPON A DIRECT PATH OF THE AFFAIR. THEREFORE FOLLOW IT, AND DO NOT FOLLOW THE CAPRICES OF THOSE WHO DO NOT KNOW.
19. إِنَّهُمْ لَنْ یُغْنُوا عَنکَ مِنْ اللهِ شَیْئآ وَإِنَّ الظَّالِمِینَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِیَاءُ بَعْضٍ وَاللهُ وَلِىُّ الْمُتَّقِینَ
19- THEY CAN NEVER AVAIL YOU AUGHT AGAINST ALLAH. AND VERILY OTHER OF THE OPPRESSORS ARE THE MASTERS OF SOME OTHER, AND ALLAH IS THE MASTER OF THOSE WHO AVOID EVIL.
20. هَذَا بَصَائِرُ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدىً وَرَحْمَةٌ لِقَوْمٍ یُوقِنُونَ
20- THESE (VERSES) ARE EVIDENCES FOR PEOPLE, AND GUIDANCE AND MERCY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE SURE.