ٱلْمَائِدَة : ٨٢

  • لَتَجِدَنَّ Surely you will find
  • أَشَدَّ strongest
  • ٱلنَّاسِ (of) the people
  • عَدَٰوَةٗ (in) enmity
  • لِّلَّذِينَ to those who
  • ءَامَنُواْ believe
  • ٱلۡيَهُودَ the Jews
  • وَٱلَّذِينَ and those who
  • أَشۡرَكُواْۖ (are) polytheists
  • وَلَتَجِدَنَّ and surely you will find
  • أَقۡرَبَهُم nearest of them
  • مَّوَدَّةٗ (in) affection
  • لِّلَّذِينَ to those who
  • ءَامَنُواْ believe
  • ٱلَّذِينَ those who
  • قَالُوٓاْ say
  • إِنَّا We
  • نَصَٰرَىٰۚ (are) Christians
  • ذَٰلِكَ That (is)
  • بِأَنَّ because
  • مِنۡهُمۡ among them
  • قِسِّيسِينَ (are) priests
  • وَرُهۡبَانٗا and monks
  • وَأَنَّهُمۡ and that they
  • لَا (are) not
  • يَسۡتَكۡبِرُونَ arrogant
You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allāh; and you will find the nearest of them in affection to the believers those who say, "We are Christians." That is because among them are priests and monks and because they are not arrogant.
You, O Muhammad may peace and salutation be upon him, will truly find the most hostile of people to those who believe to be the Jews and the idolaters, of Mecca, because of the intensity of their disbelief, ignorance and utter preoccupation with following whims; and you will truly find the nearest of them in love to those who believe to be those who say 'Verily, we are Christians'; that, nearness of theirs in love to the believers is, because some of them are priests, scholars, and monks, devout worshippers, and because they are not disdainful, of following the truth, as the Jews and the Meccans are.