The Cow
2. Al-Baqarah
البقرة
al-Baqarah (The Cow)
ٱلْبَقَرَة
2:253
تِلْكَ
الرُّسُلُ
فَضَّلْنَا
بَعْضَهُمْ
عَلَى
بَعْضٍ
مِّنْهُم
مَّن
كَلَّمَ
اللَّهُ
وَرَفَعَ
بَعْضَهُمْ
دَرَجَاتٍ
وَآتَيْنَا
عِيسَى
ابْنَ
مَرْيَمَ
الْبَيِّنَاتِ
وَأَيَّدْنَاهُ
بِرُوحِ
الْقُدُسِ
وَلَوْ
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
مَا
اقْتَتَلَ
الَّذِينَ
مِن
بَعْدِهِم
مِّن
بَعْدِ
مَا
جَاءَتْهُمُ
الْبَيِّنَاتُ
وَلَكِنِ
اخْتَلَفُوا
فَمِنْهُم
مَّنْ
آمَنَ
وَمِنْهُم
مَّن
كَفَرَ
وَلَوْ
شَاءَ
اللَّهُ
مَا
اقْتَتَلُوا
وَلَكِنَّ
اللَّهَ
يَفْعَلُ
مَا
يُرِيدُ
tilka r-rusulu faḍḍalnā baʿḍahum ʿalā baʿḍin minhum man kallama llāhu wa-rafaʿa baʿḍahum darajātin wa-ʾātaynā ʿīsā bna maryama l-bayyināti wa-ʾayyadnāhu bi-rūḥi l-qudusi wa-law shāʾa llāhu mā qtatala lladhīna min baʿdihim min baʿdi mā jāʾathumu l-bayyinātu wa-lākini khtalafū fa-minhum man ʾāmana wa-minhum man kafara wa-law shāʾa llāhu mā qtatalū wa-lākinna llāha yafʿalu mā yurīdu
We gave some of Our Messengers preference over others. To some of them God spoke and He raised the rank of some others. We gave authoritative proofs to Jesus, son of Mary, and supported him by the Holy Spirit. Had God wanted, the generations who lived after those Messengers would not have fought each other after the authority had come to them. But they differed among themselves, some of them believed in the authority and others denied it. They would not have fought each other had God wanted, but God does as He wills.
