<p class="footnote" id="pz98-8"><a href="#fn08_3.110"><b>3.110</b></a> <span epub:type="footnote" id="nf08_3.110" role="doc-footnote">– <em>You are the best community (ever) brought forth for humankind</em></span></p>
<p class="footnote" id="pz98-9">The Arabic term translated “community” is <em>umma</em>. This is the key term for the Islamic worldwide nation. To command right behavior and forbid indecency is certainly a great accomplishment for any community.</p>

<p class="footnote" id="pz98-10"><b>3.110</b> – <em>If the People of the Book had believed, it would indeed have been better for them</em></p>
<p class="footnote" id="pz98-11">The unbelief of the People of the Book is mentioned here in the past tense, which suggests that the “belief” wished for in this verse is the belief that the messenger is a true prophet and that his recitations are from Allah.</p>