We gave some of Our Messengers preference over others. To some of them God spoke and He raised the rank of some others. We gave authoritative proofs to Jesus, son of Mary, and supported him by the Holy Spirit. Had God wanted, the generations who lived after those Messengers would not have fought each other after the authority had come to them. But they differed among themselves, some of them believed in the authority and others denied it. They would not have fought each other had God wanted, but God does as He wills.
بعضى از اين پيامبران را بر بعضى ديگر برترى داديم. خدا با بعضى سخن گفت و بعضى را به درجاتى برافراشت. و به عيسى بن مريم معجزه‌ها داديم و او را به روح القدس يارى كرديم. و اگر خدا مى خواست، مردمى كه بعد از آنها بودند، پس از آنكه حجتها بر آنان آشكار شده بود، با يكديگر قتال نمى‌كردند. ولى آنان اختلاف كردند: پاره‌اى مؤمن بودند و پاره‌اى كافر شدند. و اگر خدا مى‌خواست با هم قتال نمى‌كردند، ولى خدا هر چه خواهد مى‌كند.