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هَـٰٓأَنتُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ تُحِبُّونَهُمْ وَلَا يُحِبُّونَكُمْ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْكِتَـٰبِ كُلِّهِۦ وَإِذَا لَقُوكُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا۟ عَضُّوا۟ عَلَيْكُمُ ٱلْأَنَامِلَ مِنَ ٱلْغَيْظِ ۚ قُلْ مُوتُوا۟ بِغَيْظِكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِذَاتِ ٱلصُّدُورِ

H a antum ol a i tu h ibboonahum wal a yu h ibboonakum watuminoona bi a lkit a bi kullihi wai tha laqookum q a loo a mann a wai tha khalaw AAa dd oo AAalaykumu alan a mila mina alghay th i qul mootoo bighay th ikum inna All a ha AAaleemun bi tha ti a l ss udoor i

Lo! It is you who [are prepared to] love them, but they will not love you, although you believe in all of the revelation.⁸⁹ And when they meet you, they assert, "We believe [as you believe]"; but when they find themselves alone, they gnaw their fingers in rage against you. Say: "Perish in your rage! Behold, God has full knowledge of what is in the hearts [of men]!"

- Mohammad Asad

Whereas you love them, they do not love you even though you believe in their Holy Books (the Psalms, the Torah, and the Gospels). When they meet you they say "We also believe in your prophet and your Qur'an;" but when they are alone they bite their fingertips in rage against you. Say to them: "May you perish in your rage;" surely Allah knows all the secrets of the heart.

- Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik

Here you are! You love them but they do not love you, and you believe in all Scriptures. When they meet you they say, 'We believe.' But when alone, they bite their fingertips in rage. Say, 'O Prophet,' ''May you' die of your rage!' Surely Allah knows best what is 'hidden' in the heart.

- Mustafa Khattab

O ye are those who love them though they love you not, and ye believe in all the Scripture. When they fall in with you they say: We believe; but when they go apart they bite their finger tips at you, for rage. Say: Perish in your rage! Lo! Allah is Aware of what is hidden in (your) breasts.

- Marmaduke Pickthall

Ah! ye are those who love them but they love you not though ye believe in the whole of the Book. When they meet you they say "We believe"; but when they are alone they bite off the very tips of their fingers at you in their rage. Say: "Perish in your rage; Allah knoweth well all the secrets of the heart." ⁴⁴⁰ ⁴⁴¹

Surah 3. Aal-Imran, Ayah 119