۞وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوۡمُكَ مِنۡهُ يَصِدُّونَ
٥٧
And when the son of Maryam
(Mary) is quoted as an example
[i.e. 'Iesa (Jesus) is worshipped like their idols), behold! Your people cry aloud
(laugh out at the example).
(57)
وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ خَصِمُونَ
٥٨
And say: "Are our aliha
(gods) better or is he
['Iesa (Jesus)]?" They quoted not the above example except for argument. Nay! But they are a quarrelsome people.
[(See VV. 21:97-101) - The Quran.] (58)
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبۡدٌ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ مَثَلٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ
٥٩
He
['Iesa (Jesus)] was not more than a slave. We granted Our Favour to him, and We made him an example to the Children of Israel
(i.e. his creation without a father).
(59)
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَخۡلُفُونَ
٦٠
And if it were Our Will, We would have
[destroyed you (mankind) all, and] made angels to replace you on the earth.
[Tafsir At-Tabari, Vol: 25, Page 89].
(60)
وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلۡمٞ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمۡتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ
٦١
And he
['Iesa (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)] shall be a known sign for
(the coming of) the Hour
(Day of Resurrection) [i.e. 'Iesa's (Jesus) descent on the earth]. Therefore have no doubt concerning it
(i.e. the Day of Resurrection). And follow Me
(Allah) (i.e. be obedient to Allah and do what He orders you to do, O mankind)! This is the Straight Path
(of Islamic Monotheism, leading to Allah and to His Paradise).
(61)
وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُۖ إِنَّهُۥ لَكُمۡ عَدُوّٞ مُّبِينٞ
٦٢
And let not Shaitan
(Satan) hinder you
(from the right religion, i.e. Islamic Monotheism), Verily, he
(Satan) to you is a plain enemy.
(62)
وَلَمَّا جَآءَ عِيسَىٰ بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالَ قَدۡ جِئۡتُكُم بِٱلۡحِكۡمَةِ وَلِأُبَيِّنَ لَكُم بَعۡضَ ٱلَّذِي تَخۡتَلِفُونَ فِيهِۖ فَٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
٦٣
And when 'Iesa
(Jesus) came with
(Our) clear Proofs, he said: "I have come to you with Al-Hikmah
(Prophethood), and in order to make clear to you some of the
(points) in which you differ, therefore fear Allah and obey me,
(63)
إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّي وَرَبُّكُمۡ فَٱعۡبُدُوهُۚ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٞ مُّسۡتَقِيمٞ
٦٤
"Verily, Allah! He is my Lord
(God) and your Lord
(God). So worship Him
(Alone). This is the
(only) Straight Path
(i.e. Allah's religion of true Islamic Monotheism)."
(64)
فَٱخۡتَلَفَ ٱلۡأَحۡزَابُ مِنۢ بَيۡنِهِمۡۖ فَوَيۡلٞ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ مِنۡ عَذَابِ يَوۡمٍ أَلِيمٍ
٦٥
But the sects from among themselves differed. So woe to those who do wrong
(by ascribing things to 'Iesa (Jesus) that are not true) from the torment of a painful Day
(i.e. the Day of Resurrection)!
(65)
هَلۡ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأۡتِيَهُم بَغۡتَةٗ وَهُمۡ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ
٦٦
Do they only wait for the Hour that it shall come upon them suddenly, while they perceive not?
(66)
ٱلۡأَخِلَّآءُ يَوۡمَئِذِۭ بَعۡضُهُمۡ لِبَعۡضٍ عَدُوٌّ إِلَّا ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ
٦٧
Friends on that Day will be foes one to another except Al-Muttaqun
(pious - see V. 2:2).
(67)