ذٰلِكَ نَتلوهُ عَلَيكَ مِنَ الآياتِ وَالذِّكرِ الحَكيمِ

These are the verses that We convey to you, and the Wise Reminder.

إِنَّ مَثَلَ عيسىٰ عِندَ اللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ آدَمَ ۖ خَلَقَهُ مِن تُرابٍ ثُمَّ قالَ لَهُ كُن فَيَكونُ

In the sight of God, Jesus is like Adam: He created him from soil, then He said to him, “Be!” and he was.

الحَقُّ مِن رَبِّكَ فَلا تَكُن مِنَ المُمتَرينَ

This is the truth from your Lord, so don’t be among the doubters.

فَمَن حاجَّكَ فيهِ مِن بَعدِ ما جاءَكَ مِنَ العِلمِ فَقُل تَعالَوا نَدعُ أَبناءَنا وَأَبناءَكُم وَنِساءَنا وَنِساءَكُم وَأَنفُسَنا وَأَنفُسَكُم ثُمَّ نَبتَهِل فَنَجعَل لَعنَتَ اللَّهِ عَلَى الكاذِبينَ

If anyone disputes with you about him, after the knowledge that has come to you, say, “Come, let us call our children and your children, our women and your women, ourselves and yourselves, then we can make a prayer and invoke the curse of God upon the liars.”

إِنَّ هـٰذا لَهُوَ القَصَصُ الحَقُّ ۚ وَما مِن إِلـٰهٍ إِلَّا اللَّهُ ۚ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَهُوَ العَزيزُ الحَكيمُ

This is the factual narrative. There is no god but God. And certainly, God is the Mighty, the Wise.

قُل يا أَهلَ الكِتابِ تَعالَوا إِلىٰ كَلِمَةٍ سَواءٍ بَينَنا وَبَينَكُم أَلّا نَعبُدَ إِلَّا اللَّهَ وَلا نُشرِكَ بِهِ شَيئًا وَلا يَتَّخِذَ بَعضُنا بَعضًا أَربابًا مِن دونِ اللَّهِ ۚ فَإِن تَوَلَّوا فَقولُوا اشهَدوا بِأَنّا مُسلِمونَ

Say, “O People of the Scripture, let us come to a common word: that we worship none but God, that we associate nothing with Him, and that we don’t take each other as lords besides God.” If they turn away, say, “Bear witness that we are submissive.”

يا أَهلَ الكِتابِ لِمَ تُحاجّونَ في إِبراهيمَ وَما أُنزِلَتِ التَّوراةُ وَالإِنجيلُ إِلّا مِن بَعدِهِ ۚ أَفَلا تَعقِلونَ

O People of the Scripture, why do you argue about Abraham, when the Torah and the Gospel weren’t revealed until after him? Don’t you reason?

ها أَنتُم هـٰؤُلاءِ حاجَجتُم فيما لَكُم بِهِ عِلمٌ فَلِمَ تُحاجّونَ فيما لَيسَ لَكُم بِهِ عِلمٌ ۚ وَاللَّهُ يَعلَمُ وَأَنتُم لا تَعلَمونَ

Here you are, arguing about things you know of, but why do you argue about things you don’t know? God knows, and you don’t know.

ما كانَ إِبراهيمُ يَهودِيًّا وَلا نَصرانِيًّا وَلـٰكِن كانَ حَنيفًا مُسلِمًا وَما كانَ مِنَ المُشرِكينَ

Abraham was neither a Jew nor a Christian, but a monotheist, a submitter, and he wasn’t of the polytheists.

إِنَّ أَولَى النّاسِ بِإِبراهيمَ لَلَّذينَ اتَّبَعوهُ وَهـٰذَا النَّبِيُّ وَالَّذينَ آمَنوا ۗ وَاللَّهُ وَلِيُّ المُؤمِنينَ

Those most deserving of Abraham are those who follow him, this Prophet and those who believe. God is the Ally of the believers.