those messengers we endowed with gifts some above others to one of them allah spoke others he raised to degrees to jesus the son of mary we gave clear and strengthened him with the holy spirit. if allah had so willed succeeding generations would not have fought among each other after clear had come to them but they to wrangle some believing and others rejecting. if allah had so willed they would not have fought each other but allah fulfilleth his plan.
تلك الرسل فضلنا بعضهم على بعض منهم من كلم الله ورفع بعضهم درجات وآتينا عيسى ابن مريم البينات وأيدناه بروح القدس ولو شاء الله ما اقتتل الذين من بعدهم من بعد ما جاءتهم البينات ولكن اختلفوا فمنهم من آمن ومنهم من كفر ولو شاء الله ما اقتتلوا ولكن الله يفعل ما يريد