Surah An-Nisa (النساء) • The Women

Quran 4:157

4:157

وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَـٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًۢا

waqawlihim innā qatalnā l-masīḥa ʿīsā ib'na maryama rasūla l-lahi wamā qatalūhu wamā ṣalabūhu walākin shubbiha lahum wa-inna alladhīna ikh'talafū fīhi lafī shakkin min'hu mā lahum bihi min ʿil'min illā ittibāʿa l-ẓani wamā qatalūhu yaqīnan

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.

— Saheeh International

and said, ‘We have killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of God.’ (They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, though it was made to appear like that to them; those that disagreed about him are full of doubt, with no knowledge to follow, only supposition: they certainly did not kill him-

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

And because of their saying (in boast), "We killed Messiah ‘Îsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allâh," - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but it appeared so to them [the resemblance of ‘Îsâ (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man)], and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not [i.e. ‘Îsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) عليهما السلام]:

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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وَقَوْلِهِمْwaqawlihimAnd for their saying
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
قَتَلْنَاqatalnākilled
ٱلْمَسِيحَl-masīḥathe Messiah
عِيسَىʿīsāIsa
ٱبْنَib'nason
مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
رَسُولَrasūla(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَمَاwamāAnd not
قَتَلُوهُqatalūhuthey killed him
وَمَاwamāand not
صَلَبُوهُṣalabūhuthey crucified him
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
شُبِّهَshubbihait was made to appear (so)
لَهُمْۚlahumto them
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūdiffer
فِيهِfīhiin it
لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
مِّنْهُۚmin'huabout it
مَاmāNot
لَهُمlahumfor them
بِهِۦbihiabout it
مِنْmin[of]
عِلْمٍʿil'min(any) knowledge
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱتِّبَاعَittibāʿa(the) following
ٱلظَّنِّۚl-ẓani(of) assumption
وَمَاwamāAnd not
قَتَلُوهُqatalūhuthey killed him
يَقِينًۢاyaqīnancertainly