Qisas al-Anbiya by Ibn Kathir (قصص الأنبياء لابن كثير) — Page 745

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ذِكْرُ رَفْعِ عِيسَى عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فِي حِفْظِ الرَّبِّ، وَبَيَانُ كَذِبِ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى فِي دَعْوَى الصَّلْبِ.

An account of the ascension of Jesus, peace be upon him, to heaven under the protection of the Lord, and an exposition of the falsehood of the Jews and Christians regarding the claim of the crucifixion.

قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى: ﴿ وَمَكَرُوا وَمَكَرَ اللهُ وَاللهُ خَيْرُ الْمَاكِرِينَ * إِذْ قَالَ اللهُ يَا عِيسَى إِنِّي مُتَوَفِّيكَ وَرَافِعُكَ إِلَيَّ وَمُطَهِّرُكَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا وَجَاعِلُ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوكَ فَوْقَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ثُمَّ إِلَيَّ مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَأَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ فِيمَا كُنتُمْ فِيهِ تَخْتَلِفُونَ

[Mention] when Allah said, "O Jesus, indeed I will take you and raise you to Myself and purify you from those who disbelieve and make those who follow you [in submission to Allah alone] superior to those who disbelieve until the Day of Resurrection. Then to Me is your return, and I will judge between you concerning that in which you used to differ.

وَقَالَ تَعَالَى: ﴿ فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم مِّيثَاقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِم بِآيَاتِ اللَّهِ وَقَتْلِهِمُ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَقَوْلِهِمْ قُلُوبُنَا غُلْفٌ بَلْ طَبَعَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا بِكُفْرِهِمْ فَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً. وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَى مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَاناً عَظِيماً. وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ مَا لَهُم بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِيناً. بَل رَّفَعَهُ اللَّهُ إِلَيْهِ وَكَانَ اللهُ عَزِيزاً حَكِيماً. وَإِن مِّنْ أهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَّا لَيُؤْمِنَنَّ بِهِ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيداً

And He Almighty said: 'So for their breaking of their covenant, their disbelief in the signs of God, their killing of the prophets without right, and their saying: Our hearts are wrapped—rather, God has sealed them with their disbelief, so they do not believe except for a few. And for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander. And their saying: We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of God. But they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, but it was made to appear so to them. And 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, certainly. Rather, God raised him to Himself, and God is Exalted in Might, Wise. And there is none from the People of the Scripture but that he will surely believe in him before his death, and on the Day of Resurrection, he will be a witness against them.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (19 verbs · 57 nouns)

• مَكَرَ — to plot
• قَالَ — to say
• كَفَرَ — to disbelieve
• ذِكْرٌ — mention
• رَفْعٌ — raising
• سَلَامٌ — peace