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 because of their saying: We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, Allah's messenger - they slew him not nor crucified him, but it appeared so unto them; and lo! those who disagree concerning it are in doubt thereof; they have no knowledge thereof save pursuit of a conjecture; they slew him not for certain.
— M. Pickthall
And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, the messenger of Allāh." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain.1
— Saheeh International
That they said (in boast), "We killed Christ Jesus the son of Mary, the Messenger of Allah";- but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but so it was made to appear to them, and those who differ therein are full of doubts, with no (certain) knowledge, but only conjecture to follow, for of a surety they killed him not:-
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Crimes of the Jews
The sins mentioned here are among the many sins that the Jews committed, which caused them to be cursed and removed far away from right guidance. The Jews broke the promises and vows that Allah took from them, and also rejected Allah's Ayat, meaning His signs and proofs, and th
…The Crimes of the Jews
The sins mentioned here are among the many sins that the Jews committed, which caused them to be cursed and removed far away fro
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