Of all men you will find the Jews and those who associate others with Allah in His divinity to be the most hostile to those who believe; and you will surely find that of ail people they who say: 'We are Christians', are closest to feeling affection for those who believe. This is because there are worshipful priests and monks among them, and because they are not arrogant.
هر آينه سرسخت‌ترين مردم را در دشمنى با مؤمنان، جهودان و مشركان مى‌يابى، و نزديكترينشان را به دوستى با مؤمنان كسانى مى‌يابى كه گويند ما ترساييم، اين از آن‌روست كه ميان آنان كشيشان- دانشمندان مسيحى- و راهبان- صومعه‌داران- اند و آنان گردنكشى و بزرگ‌منشى- در برابر حق- نمى‌كنند