Transliteration:( Wa law annahum aqaamut Tawraata wal Injeela wa maaa unzila ilaihim mir Rabbihim la akaloo min fawqihim wa min tahti arjulihim; minhum ummatum muqta sidatunw wa kaseerum minhum saaa'a maa ya'maloon )
 198. By "had they maintained" it meant that they had believed in the Holy Prophet because this is commanded in the Taurat and Injee.
199. That is, there would be abundance in the rain from the sky and growth from the earth. From this is understood that adherence to one's religion and obedience to Allah result in the increase of one's sustenance.
200. By this it meant all the people of the Book are not equal. Some who are moderate would believe in the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم like Hazrat Abdullah Ibn Salaam. Some are very biased and are not blessed with faith.
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The tafsir of Surah Maidah verse 66 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Maidah ayat 64 which provides the complete commentary from verse 64 through 66.
96. In the Old Testament, Leviticus (chapter 26) and Deuteronomy (chapter 28) record a sermon of Moses in which he impresses upon Israel, in great detail, the bounties and blessings of God with which they would be endowed if they obeyed His commandments, and the afflictions, scourges and devastations that would descend upon them if they disobeyed Him and rejected the Book of God. That sermon of Moses is the best explanation of this verse of the Qur’an.
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