some of these apostles have we endowed more highly than others among them were such as were spoken to by god and some he has raised yet higher. and we vouchsafed unto jesus the son of mary all evidence of the truth and strengthened him with holy inspiration. and if god had so willed they who succeeded those would not have contended with one another after all evidence of the truth had come to them but they did take to divergent views and some of them attained to faith while some of them came to deny the truth. yet if god had so willed they would not have contended with one another but god does whatever he wills.
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