Surah 3

Surah 3:100

"You who believe! If you obey a group of those who have been given the Book, they will turn you back (into) disbelievers after having believed."

<p class="footnote" id="pz97-10"><a href="#fn08_3.100"><b>3.100</b></a> <span epub:type="footnote" id="nf08_3.100" role="doc-footnote">– <em>You who believe!</em></span></p>
<p class="footnote" id="pz97-11">After much discussion of the “People of the Book” and many speeches directed toward them (e.g., vv. 98, 99), the sūra shifts its focus to the quranic “believers.” Most of the rest of the sūra concerns that “community” (<em>umma</em>, vv. 104, 110), though the People of the Book are mentioned at a number of points (e.g., vv. 113, 181, 199).</p>

- from The Quran with Christian Commentary: A Guide to Understanding the Scripture of Islam