وَلَوْ أَنَّ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ امَنُواْ وَاتَّقَوْاْAnd if only the People of the Scripture had believed and had Taqwa...,Consequently, had the People of the Book believed in Allah and His Messenger and avoided the sins and prohibitions that they committed;لَكَفَّرْنَا عَنْهُمْ سَيِّيَاتِهِمْ وَلادْخَلْنَاهُمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِWe would indeed have expiated for them their sins and admitted them to Gardens of pleasure (in Paradise).meaning We would have removed the dangers from them and granted them their objectives