وَقَوۡلِهِمۡ

إِنَّا

قَتَلۡنَا

ٱلۡمَسِيحَ

عِيسَى

ٱبۡنَ

مَرۡيَمَ

رَسُولَ

ٱللَّهِ

وَمَا

قَتَلُوهُ

وَمَا

صَلَبُوهُ

وَلَٰكِن

شُبِّهَ

لَهُمۡۚ

وَإِنَّ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ

فِيهِ

لَفِي

شَكّٖ

مِّنۡهُۚ

مَا

لَهُم

بِهِۦ

مِنۡ

عِلۡمٍ

إِلَّا

ٱتِّبَاعَ

ٱلظَّنِّۚ

وَمَا

قَتَلُوهُ

يَقِينَۢا

١٥٧

and their saying: 'We slew the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary', the Messenger of Allah¹ - whereas² in fact they had neither slain him nor crucified him but the matter was made dubious to them³ - and those who differed about it too were in a state of doubt! They have no definite knowledge of it, but merely follow conjecture;⁴ and they surely slew him not,