وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْیَمَ مَثَلا إِذَا قَوْمُکَ مِنْهُ یَصِدُّونَ(( 57 ))

57- AND WHEN THE SON OF MARY WAS CITED AS AN INSTANCE, YOUR PEOPLE MADE A LAUGHSTOCK OF IT.

وَقَالُوا أَآلِهَتُنَا خَیْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَکَ إِلاَّ جَدَلا بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ(( 58 ))

58- AND THEY SAID:- ``ARE OUR GODS BETTER OR HE?'' THEY CITE HIM TO YOU ONLY BY WAY OF WRANGLING; THAT THEY ARE A CONTENTIOUS PEOPLE.

إِنْ هُوَ إِلاَّ عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَیْهِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ مَثَلا لِبَنِی إِسْرَائِیلَ(( 59 ))

59- HE IS NOT EXCEPT A SERVANT WHOM WE HAVE BLESSED, AND WE MADE HIM AN EXAMPLE FOR THE ISRAELITES.

وَلَوْ نَشَاءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْکُمْ مَلاَئِکَةً فِی الاَْرْضِ یَخْلُفُونَ(( 60 ))

60- HAD WE WILLED, WE WOULD REPLACE YOU WITH ANGELS, SO AS TO BE SUCCESSORS IN THE EARTH.

وَإِنَّهُ لَعِلْمٌ لِلسَّاعَةِ فَلاَ تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَاتَّبِعُونِ هَذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقِیمٌ(( 61 ))

61- AND HE IS (WHEN HE DESCENDS) A KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THE HOUR (OF RESURRECTION). DON'T YOU EVER DOUBT IT, AND FOLLOW ME; THIS IS THE RIGHT WAY.

وَلاَ یَصُدَّنَّکُمُ الشَّیْطَانُ إِنَّهُ لَکُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِینٌ(( 62 ))

62- AND LET NOT SATAN BAR YOU, THAT HE IS AN EVIDENT ENEMY FOR YOU.