The Holy Quran 57:27 — Surah Al-Hadid

Arabic text

ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَـٰرِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَءَاتَيْنَـٰهُ ٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ٱبْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَـٰهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ رِضْوَٰنِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا ۖ فَـَٔاتَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَـٰسِقُونَ

Translation

Thereafter (after Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام and Ibraheem عليه الصلاة والسلام) We successively sent Our Rusul in their footsteps (to guide people as they did). (Eventually) We sent Isa عليه الصلاة والسلام the son of Maryam, gave him the Injeel and placed compassion and mercy in the hearts of those who followed him. They invented monasticism (involving isolation from society and forsaking marriage and pleasures) which We did not ordain for them but they did it in search of Allaah's pleasure (to preserve their Deen from the corruption that society introduced to it). However, they did not observe it (its demands) as it ought to have been observed (because its demands were against human nature). (However, after the coming of Rasulullaah ﷺ,) We granted their reward to those of them who had Imaan (who believed in Rasulullaah ﷺ and accepted Islaam) while many of them were sinners (choosing to stay away from Islaam).

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

that is, the later messengers followed in the footsteps of those same earlier ones. In principle, the teaching of all of them was one. that is, at the end [Allah] sent the last of the prophets of the Children of Israel, Isa ﵇, giving him the Injil (Gospel).

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