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Surah 62. Al-Jumu'ah, Ayah 6

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قُلْ يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوٓا۟ إِن زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَآءُ لِلَّهِ مِن دُونِ ٱلنَّاسِ فَتَمَنَّوُا۟ ٱلْمَوْتَ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Qul y a ayyuh a alla th eena h a doo in zaAAamtum annakum awliy a o lill a hi min dooni a l nn a si fatamannawoo almawta in kuntum sa diqeen a
Say: "O you who follow the Jewish faith!5 If you claim that you [alone] are close to God, to the exclusion of all other people, then you should be longing for death - if what you say is true!"6
  - Mohammad Asad

For this and the next verse, cf. {2:94-95}.

I.e., in its present form, estranged from the original purport of the Torah.

Say to the Jews: "O you, the Jews! If you claim that you are the favorites of Allah to the exclusion of other people, then wish for death if what you say is true."
  - Muhammad Farooq-i-Azam Malik
Say, 'O Prophet,' 'O Jews! If you claim to be Allah's chosen 'people' out of all humanity, then wish for death, if what you say is true.'
  - Mustafa Khattab
Say (O Muhammad): O ye who are Jews! If ye claim that ye are favored of Allah apart from (all) mankind, then long for death if ye are truthful.
  - Marmaduke Pickthall
Say: "O ye that stand on Judaism! if ye think that ye are friends to Allah to the exclusion of (other) men then express your desire for Death if ye are truthful!" 5458 5459
  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Of Jewry is a very different thing from following the Law and Will of Allah. An arrogant claim to be a chosen people, to be the exclusive possessors of divine teaching, to be exempt from any punishment for breachcs of the divine law, (cf. ii. 88), is presumptuous blasphemy. It may be Judaism, but it is not in the spirit of Moses.

Cf. ii. 94-96. If they claimed to be special friends of Allah, why do they not eagerly desire death, which would bring them nearer to Allah? But of all people they are the most tenacious of this life and the good things of this life! And they know that their grasping selfish lives have run up a score of sin against them, which will meet its recompense.

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