COMMENTARY on 4:44
A. Yusuf Ali:

Translation:
Have you not turned Your vision to those who were given a portion 564 of the Book? they traffic in error, and wish that you should lose the right path.
Commentary:

564  Cf. 3:23 and n. 366.

 

Muhammad Asad:

Translation:
ART THOU NOT aware of those who, having been granted their share of the divine writ, 58 now barter it away for error, and want you [too] to lose your way?
Commentary:
58  The people referred to are the followers of the Bible. Thus, after having touched in the preceding verse upon the question of prayer, the Qur’an resumes its cardinal theme: man's responsibility for his actions and, in particular, for the manner in which he responds to the guidance offered to him through God's revelations.