Original sentence: According to Bernard Lewis, many of the passages depicting negative pictures of the Jews reflect the struggles Muhammad had with the Jews of Medina.They state that the Qur'an requires the Jews' "abasement and poverty", and states that "God has 'cursed' the Jews and will turn them into apes/monkeys and swine and idol worshipers because they are 'infidels'"
Edited sentence: According to Bernard Lewis, many of these passages reflect the struggles Muhammad had with the Jews of Medina, depicting negative pictures of the Jews.They note that the Qur'an requires the Jews' "abasement and poverty", and states that "God has 'cursed' the Jews and will turn them into apes/monkeys and swine and idol worshipers because they are 'infidels'"