وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مُّهْتَدٍ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ ٢٦

And indeed, We sent Nuh (Noah) and Ibrahim (Abraham), and placed in their offspring Prophethood and Scripture, and among them there is he who is guided, but many of them are Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا وَإِبْرَاهِيمَ

And indeed, We sent Nuh (Noah) and Ibrahim (Abraham),

وَجَعَلْنَا فِي ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا النُّبُوَّةَ وَالْكِتَابَ ۖ

and placed in their offspring Prophethood and Scripture,

فَمِنْهُم مُّهْتَدٍ ۖ

and among them there is he who is guided,

وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

but many of them are Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْإِنجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا ۖ فَآتَيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ ٢٧

Then, We sent after them, Our Messengers, and We sent 'Iesa (Jesus) - son of Maryam (Mary), and gave him the Injeel (Gospel). And We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him, compassion and mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them, but (they sought it) only to please Allah therewith, but that they did not observe it with the right observance. So We gave those among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).

ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰ آثَارِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا

Then, We sent after them, Our Messengers,

وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ

and We sent 'Iesa (Jesus) - son of Maryam (Mary),

وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْإِنجِيلَ

and gave him the Injeel (Gospel).

وَجَعَلْنَا فِي قُلُوبِ الَّذِينَ اتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةً وَرَحْمَةً

And We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him, compassion and mercy.

وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ابْتَدَعُوهَا

But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves,

مَا كَتَبْنَاهَا عَلَيْهِمْ

We did not prescribe for them,

إِلَّا ابْتِغَاءَ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ

but (they sought it) only to please Allah therewith,

فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا ۖ

but that they did not observe it with the right observance.

فَآتَيْنَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ ۖ

So We gave those among them who believed, their (due) reward,

وَكَثِيرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ

but many of them are Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).