The Women
4. An-Nisā’
النساء
Page #103
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وَقَوْلِهِمْ
إِنَّا
قَتَلْنَا
الْمَسِيحَ
عِيسَى
ابْنَ
مَرْيَمَ
رَسُولَ
اللَّهِ
وَمَا
قَتَلُوهُ
وَمَا
صَلَبُوهُ
وَلَكِن
شُبِّهَ
لَهُمْ
وَإِنَّ
الَّذِينَ
اخْتَلَفُوا
فِيهِ
لَفِي
شَكٍّ
مِّنْهُ
مَا
لَهُم
بِهِ
مِنْ
عِلْمٍ
إِلَّا
اتِّبَاعَ
الظَّنِّ
وَمَا
قَتَلُوهُ
يَقِينًا
wa-qawlihim ʾinnā qatalnā l-masīḥa ʿīsā bna maryama rasūla llāhi wa-mā qatalūhu wa-mā ṣalabūhu wa-lākin shubbiha lahum wa-ʾinna lladhīna khtalafū fīhi la-fī shakkin minhu mā lahum bihī min ʿilmin ʾillā ttibāʿa ẓ-ẓanni wa-mā qatalūhu yaqīnan
and for their saying, ‘We killed the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the apostle of Allah’—though they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but so it was made to appear to them. Indeed those who differ concerning him are surely in doubt about him: they do not have any knowledge of that beyond following conjectures, and certainly, they did not kill him.
— Ali Quli Qarai
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:-
