81وَلَو كانوا يُؤمِنونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالنَّبِيِّ وَما أُنزِلَ إِلَيهِ مَا اتَّخَذوهُم أَولِياءَ وَلٰكِنَّ كَثيرًا مِنهُم فاسِقونَShabbir AhmedIf they had believed in Allah and the Prophet, and that which is revealed to him, they (the People of the Scripture) would not ally themselves with the rejecters. But a great many of them are drifting away from the Truth.