ثُمَّ

قَفَّيۡنَا

عَلَىٰٓ

ءَاثَٰرِهِم

بِرُسُلِنَا

وَقَفَّيۡنَا

بِعِيسَى

ٱبۡنِ

مَرۡيَمَ

وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ

ٱلۡإِنجِيلَۖ

وَجَعَلۡنَا

فِي

قُلُوبِ

ٱلَّذِينَ

ٱتَّبَعُوهُ

رَأۡفَةٗ

وَرَحۡمَةٗۚ

وَرَهۡبَانِيَّةً

ٱبۡتَدَعُوهَا

مَا

كَتَبۡنَٰهَا

عَلَيۡهِمۡ

إِلَّا

ٱبۡتِغَآءَ

رِضۡوَٰنِ

ٱللَّهِ

فَمَا

رَعَوۡهَا

حَقَّ

رِعَايَتِهَاۖ

فَـَٔاتَيۡنَا

ٱلَّذِينَ

ءَامَنُواْ

مِنۡهُمۡ

أَجۡرَهُمۡۖ

وَكَثِيرٞ

مِّنۡهُمۡ

فَٰسِقُونَ

٢٧

Then in the footsteps of these ˹prophets˺, We sent Our messengers, and ˹after them˺ We sent Jesus, son of Mary, and granted him the Gospel, and instilled compassion and mercy into the hearts of his followers. As for monasticism, they made it up—We never ordained it for them—only seeking to please Allah, yet they did not ˹even˺ observe it strictly. So We rewarded those of them who were faithful. But most of them are rebellious.