Overall meaning : Allah, Glorified and Exalted be He, says: If the People of the Book (the Jews and Christians) truly believe, do what He commands and avoid what He forbids, He will certainly erase their sins and admit them in the hereafter into gardens in which they will enjoy all manner of joy and bliss. And if they follow the teachings of the Torah, the Gospel and the Qur’an, He will surely pour forth His blessings upon them from every direction and lavish His gifts on them from both the sky by sending rain down upon them and the earth by bringing forth fruits for them from it. He states that among them are people who adhere to the path of truth and duly fulfil their obligations, but many of them are evildoers.
Then He commands His Prophet, Muhammad, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to convey everything He has revealed to him to people, stating that unless he does so fully, he will not have delivered His message. He reassures him that He will protect him against his enemies’ harm and he must, therefore, convey His Lord’s message without having anything to fear from people, stating that He will not guide the unbelievers who persistently reject the truth. He also instructs him to say to the People of the Book that they have no ground in their religion to stand on, as they claim, unless they act according to the Torah, the Bible and the Qur’an. He informs him that what He has revealed to him will surely make many Jews grow even more stubborn in their transgressing Allah’s limits and in their unbelief and directs him not to vex himself and grieve for the unbelievers.