Tafsir al-Baghawi - Al-Baghawi - (3/77)

“Had the People of the Book believed and been mindful of Allah, We would surely have absolved them of their evil deeds and admitted them into Gardens of Bliss. (65) Had they upheld the Torah, the Gospel, and what was sent down to them from their Lord, they would have eaten from above them and from beneath their feet. Among them is a community that is upright, but evil is what many of them do. (66) O Messenger, convey what has been sent down to you from your Lord. If you do not, then you have not conveyed His message. Allah will protect you from the people. Indeed, Allah does not guide the disbelieving people. (67)”

“Had the People of the Book believed”—in Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him—“and been mindful of Allah”—by guarding themselves against disbelief—“We would surely have absolved them of their evil deeds and admitted them into Gardens of Bliss.”

﴿وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ آمَنُوا وَاتَّقَوْا لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَاهُمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ (٦٥) وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ أَقَامُوا التَّوْرَاةَ وَالْإِنْجِيلَ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ لَأَكَلُوا مِنْ فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِنْ تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ مِنْهُمْ أُمَّةٌ مُقْتَصِدَةٌ وَكَثِيرٌ مِنْهُمْ سَاءَ مَا يَعْمَلُونَ (٦٦) يَا أَيُّهَا الرَّسُولُ بَلِّغْ مَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ فَمَا بَلَّغْتَ رِسَالَتَهُ وَاللَّهُ يَعْصِمُكَ مِنَ النَّاسِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي الْقَوْمَ الْكَافِرِينَ (٦٧) ﴾ ﴿وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ آمَنُوا﴾ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ، ﴿وَاتَّقَوْا﴾ الْكُفْرَ، ﴿لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّئَاتِهِمْ وَلَأَدْخَلْنَاهُمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ﴾