HERE ARE THE MEANING OF 24 SURAHS IN ENGLISH using arabic religious words.
The meaning of these 24 surahs is written here in English using religous words familiar to people in the Middle East.
You may also read the meaning of these surahs in plain English.
فَإِنْ كَذَّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَ رُسُلٌ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ جَاءُوا بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ وَالزُّبُرِ وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُنِيرِ
And if they reject you, the messengers who came before you, bringing miracles, books, and the book of enlightenment, were also rejected.
Holy Qur’an | Al Imran 3:184
In this ayah the Holy Qur’an teaches us the messengers before Muhammad (ص) brought miracles, books and enlightenment. Many miracles of Hazrat Isa ( ع ) and his enlightning words are saved in his book. We can read about them below in these 24 surah from the Honoured Injeel.
The surahs are in four groups
- What happened before Hazrat Isa ( ع ) started his work (1:1 – 4:13)
- What happened when Hazrat Isa ( ع ) was working in Palestine in an area called Galilee (4:14 – 9:50).
- What happened when Hazrat Isa ( ع ) was working in the areas called Judea and Perea (9:51 – 19:27).
- What happened in Jerusalem in the last week of Hazrat Isa ( ع )’ life (19:28 – 24:53).
In the name of Allah Al-Rahman Al-Rahim
Surah 1
Many have written a message about what happened among us. 1 The ones who passed it on to us were eyewitnesses of it and servants of the word since the beginning. 2 I have followed all these matters carefully from their sources. I thought it was good to record it in order for you, your Excellency Theophilus. 3 Then your knowledge about what you have learned can be certain. 4
Zakariyya lived in the reign of Herod the Great, king of Yahudia. Zakariyya was a habr from the group of Abijah, a descendant of Harun. His wife Elizabeth was also descended from Harun. 5 They were both righteous. They put into practice everything Rabb Al-Alamin had revealed in the kitab without exception. Allah had rida in them. 6 However, Elizabeth was barren and they had not been given a son. And they were both old. 7
The turn of the group of Zakariyya to serve in the house of Allah came. While he was serving, 8 they chose him to enter the holy haram of Rabb Al-Alamin, burn incense, and intercede. They chose him by casting lots, which was their custom. 9 The crowd of the people was in the courtyard of the haram doing salat at the time to burn incense. 10
An angel from Rabb Al-Alamin appeared to him. He was standing on the right side of the incense burner. 11 Zakariyya was disturbed by the vision, and fear overpowered him. 12 But the angel called to him: “Zakariyya, do not fear. Allah has heard your dua’. Your wife Elizabeth will give birth to a son. Name him Yahya. 13 He will make you joyful and glad, and many will rejoice at his birth. 14 He will have a high position with Rabb Al-Alamin, and he will never drink wine or an intoxicating drink. He will be filled with Holy Ruh Allah, even when he is in the womb of his mother. 15 He will guide many of Bani Israil to Allah their Mawla. 16 He will walk before Al-Masih like Ilyas in Ruh and power, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children, to turn sinners back to the wisdom of the righteous, and to prepare a repentant people for their Mawla.” 17
Zakariyya asked the angel: “How can I be sure of your word? My wife and I are old.” 18
The angel answered him, “I am Jibril, and I am brought near to Allah. I am the rasul of your Rabb to bring you this good news. 19 I will give you an ayah. You will be silent from now until the promise of Allah is fulfilled in its time. This is because you doubted my true word.” 20
The people were waiting for Zakariyya, and were amazed at his delay in the haram. 21 When he came out, he was not able to speak. He gestured to them, they understood that he had seen a vision in the haram, and he remained dumb. 22
When the days of his group in service in the house of Allah finished, Zakariyya returned home. 23 After some days, his wife Elizabeth became pregnant. She isolated herself in their house for five months. She said, 24 “Rabb Al-Alamin has blessed me in these days. By his compassion on me, he has removed my shame among people.” 25
When she reached her sixth month of pregnancy, Allah sent the angel Jibril to the town of Al-Nasira in the province of Al-Jalil. 26 Allah sent him to a virgin named Mariam, whose fiancé Yusif had betrothed her. He was one of the descendants of Dawood. 27 The angel entered and said to her, “Assalamu Alaykum. May the rida of Allah be with you. Rabb Al-Alamin is with you.” 28
She was disturbed by his word and wondered what this greeting meant. 29 The angel said to her, “Mariam, do not be afraid. Allah has rida in you. 30 I will give you an ayah: you will become pregnant and give birth to a son. You will call him Isa. 31 He will be highly honored and will be called the beloved Amir of Allah, and Allah Al-Mawla will give him the throne of his father Dawood. 32 He will reign as king forever over the family of Yacoub, and his kingdom will not end. 33
Mariam asked the angel, “How can this be, since no man has had sex with me?” 34
The angel answered her, “Holy Ruh Allah will descend on you. The power of Al-Aly will cover you. Therefore your holy, sinless son will be called the beloved Amir of Allah. 35 Your relative Elizabeth is also pregnant with a son, despite her age. She was called barren, but this is the sixth month of her pregnancy. 36 Allah can do anything.” 37
Mariam said, “I am a servant of Rabb Al-Alamin. Let what you said happen to me.” Then the angel left. 38
Mariam got up in those days and went quickly to a town in the mountains of Yahudia. 39 She entered the house of Zakariyya and greeted Elizabeth. 40 When Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mariam, the baby in her womb jumped. Holy Ruh Allah came down on her and filled her. 41 She shouted, “You have more baraka than any other woman in the universe. The fruit in your womb also has baraka. 42 Has Allah really honored me so much that the mother of my mawla visited me? 43 The baby in my womb jumped for joy as soon as your greeting came to my ear! 44 You have baraka because you trusted in the fulfillment of the true promise of your Rabb.” 45
Mariam said,
“I praise Rabb Al-Alamin with my whole heart. 46 My Ruh rejoices in Allah my Naasir. 47 Al-Baseer has rida in his humble servant. From now on, people in all generations will say I have baraka. 48 Al-Qadir Al-Azim has brought me his greatest ayat. His name is Quddus. 49 His mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation. 50 His hand is glorious in strength. He scattered those with proud thoughts in their hearts. 51 He lowered the kings from their thrones, and raised the humble. 52 He fed the hungry with his good food. He sent away the rich empty-handed. 53 He aided Bani Israil his slaves in faithfulness to his mercy. 54 This is what he promised forever to our fathers, Ibrahim and his family.” 55
Mariam remained with Elizabeth about three months, and then returned to her house. 56
Elizabeth went into labor and she gave birth to her son. 57 Her neighbors and relatives heard that Rabb Al-Alamin had shown much mercy to her, and they rejoiced together. 58
On the eighth day, they came to circumcise the boy. They wanted to call him the name of his father Zakariyya. 59 But his mother objected. She said, “No. He must be named Yahya.” 60
They answered her, “But none of you has this name.” 61
They gestured to the father of the boy to know what he wanted the boy to be named. 62 He asked for a writing board and wrote, “His name is Yahya.” Everyone was amazed. 63 Immediately his mouth and tongue were loosened, and he praised Allah greatly. 64 All the neighbors were astounded at what happened. The people talked about these matters in all Yahudia. 65 Everyone who heard about it meditated in his heart. They asked, “What will the destiny of this boy be?” He is definitely aided by Rabb Al-Alamin. 66
Then Holy Ruh Allah came down on his father Zakariyya and filled him. He prophesied, 67
“Allah, the Rabb of Bani Israil, is blessed because he aided his people and ransomed them. 68 He raised up a mighty victor for us from the family of his slave Dawood. 69 He said this through the mouth of his holy anbiya from ancient times. 70 He did it to save us from our enemies, and from the hands of those who hate us. 71 This shows mercy to our forefathers to fulfill his holy covenant. 72 He fulfilled his oath to our father Ibrahim. 73 He rescued us from the hand of our enemies. Then we can worship him without fear, 74 with reverence and righteousness before him all our days. 75 You, my son, will be called the nabi of Al-Aly. You will walk before our mawla to prepare his ways. 76 He gives his umma knowledge of saving mercy through forgiveness of their sins. 77 Our Rabb is Al-Raouf Al-Rahim. He will send Al-Masih to us from above like the rising sun. 78 He will give light to those sitting in the darkness and the shadows of death. He will guide our steps in the sirat of peace. 79
The boy Yahya grew and became strong in Ruh. He lived in the wilderness until the time to give his message to Bani Israil. 80
Surah 2
In those days, Caesar Augustus issued a tax decree to conduct a census of all the residents of the empire. 1 This was the first census, during the rule of Quirinius, the Roman ruler over Syria. 2 Everyone went to his original home town to be counted. 3
So Yusif also traveled from the town of Al-Nasira in the province of Al-Jalil to Bait Lahm, the town of Dawood, in Yahudia. This was because he was descended from Dawood. 4 He went to be counted with his fiancée Mariam, who was pregnant. 5 While they were there, the time came for her birth pangs. 6 She gave birth to her first-born son. She wrapped him and laid him down in a feeding trough, because the guest place was full. 7
There were shepherds staying in the pastures of that town. They were guarding their flocks at night. 8 An angel from Rabb Al-Alamin appeared. The light of the majesty of Rabb Al-Alamin was shining around them. So they were very afraid. 9 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I give you good news of great joy for all people: 10 Your mawla the savior, the expected Al-Masih, was born today in the city of Dawood. 11 This is the ayah for you: You will find a newborn boy wrapped and sleeping in a feeding trough. 12
A group of the heavenly army appeared with the angel, and they praised Allah. They said, 13
“Praise to Allah in the highest! Peace on the earth be with those in whom Allah has rida! 14
Then the angels returned to heaven, and the shepherds discussed it among themselves. They said, “Let us go to Bait Lahm and see this matter that Rabb Al-Alamin has given us good news about.” 15
They hurried and found Mariam and Yusif. The child was sleeping in the feeding trough. 16 After they saw him, they informed them about the words of the angel about the child. 17 Everyone who heard the words of the shepherds was amazed. 18 Mariam kept all these things in her heart and meditated on their meaning. 19 Then the shepherds returned. They praised the glory of Allah for all they had heard and seen, which conformed to the words of the angel. 20
When the baby was eight days old, the age of circumcision, they named him Isa. That is what the angel commanded Mariam before she became pregnant with him. 21
Then the days of their purification were finished, according to the saying of Allah to Musa in the Tawrat. They took the child to the house of Allah in Al-Quds. They presented him before Rabb Al-Alamin. 22 This was according to what Al-Mawla revealed in the Tawrat: “Every first-born son is vowed to Rabb Al-Alamin.” 23 They presented the qurban specified in the Tawrat: “A pair of doves or two pigeon chicks.” 24
A righteous, reverent man named Simon who feared Allah lived in Al-Quds. Holy Ruh Allah was on him. He was waiting for the time of the coming of the comforter of 25 Holy Ruh Allah had inspired to him that he would not die until he saw Al-Masih, Al-Mustafa of Rabb Al-Alamin. 26 Ruh Allah led him to the house of Allah. Mariam and Yusif brought the child Isa to do what the Tawrat required. 27 Then, Simon carried him in his arms and praised Allah. He said, 28
“My Rabb, your promise to your slave was true, so let me die in peace. 29 I have seen your ransom with my eyes. 30 You prepared this ransom for all people. 31 It is light and guidance for the nations of the kuffar. It is glory and honor for your umma, Bani Israil!” 32
Yusif and his mother were amazed what was said about him. 33 Then Simon prayed dua’ for baraka from Allah on them. He said to his mother Mariam: “Allah has made this child the reason for many of Bani Israil to fall and for many others to rise up. He has made him an ayah they disbelieve in and oppose. 34 This will expose the intentions of the hearts of people. But a sword will pierce your heart, Mariam. 35
An old woman named Anna daughter of Phanuel was there and she prophesied. She was from the tribe of Asher. She had been married for seven years, and then became a widow. 36 She remained a widow for eighty-four years. She did not leave the house of Allah night or day. She remained devoted to sawm and salat. 37 She came to them at that instant and praised Allah. She began to speak about Isa to all those who were waiting for the ransom of Al-Quds. 38
They did all the requirements of Allah mentioned in the Tawrat. Then they returned to Al-Nasira in Al-Jalil. 39 The boy grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom and the grace of Allah was on him. 40
Yusif and the mother did hajj every year to Al-Quds for the Eid of Pardon. 41 When Isa was twelve years old, they went to Al-Quds as usual. 42 After the Eid, the boy Isa stayed while Yusif and the mother returned. But they did not know this. 43 They thought he was in the caravan. They walked one day and then looked for him among their relatives and acquaintances. 44 But they did not find him, so they returned to Al-Quds. They looked for him, 45 and after three days, they found him in the house of Allah. He was sitting among the fuqaha of the Tawrat, listening to them and asking them questions. 46
Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. 47
Both of them were amazed when they saw him. His mother asked him, “My son, why did you do this to us? Your guardian and I having been looking carefully for you.” 48
He answered them, “Why were you looking for me? Did you not know that I must be concerned with the matters of my Malik Al-Wadud?” 49 But they did not understand his saying. 50
He returned with them to Al-Nasira. He lived in obedience to them and honored them. His mother kept all these things in her heart. 51 Isa grew in wisdom and height and in the rida of Allah and of people. 52
Surah 3
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Caesar Tiberius, Pontius Pilate was the Roman governor over Yahudia. Herod was ruler over one-fourth of the kingdom of his father in the province of Al-Jalil. His brother Philip was ruler over one-fourth of the kingdom in Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanius was governor over one-fourth of it near Damascus. 1 Annas and Caiaphas were the two leading ahbar. At that time, Allah inspired Yahya the son of Zakariyya in the wilderness. 2 He went to all parts of the Jordan River valley. He called people to a ghusl of repentance for forgiveness of their sins. 3 This was the fulfillment of the promise of Allah in the book of Isaiah in the kitab:
“A voice shouting in the wilderness: Prepare the way of Al-Mawla. Make Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqim for him. 4 Every valley will be raised and every mountain and hill will be lowered. Every crooked thing will be straightened and every uneven thing will be leveled. 5 All people will see the saving mercy of Allah.” 6
Yahya was telling the crowds who sought him and asked for the ghusl of repentance by him: “Sons of snakes, the anger of Allah will come down on you! Who warned you to flee from it? 7 Be fruitful in a way that is appropriate to repentance. Do not say to yourselves: Our father is Ibrahim. I tell you that Allah is able to make sons of Ibrahim out of these rocks. 8 The hatchet is now ready to cut the roots of the trees. Every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire! 9
The multitudes asked him: “What can we do?” 10 He answered them: “Whoever has two robes should give one to someone who does not have one. The same applies to anyone who has food.” 11 Detested tax collectors came and asked for the ghusl of repentance. They asked him, “Teacher, what shall we do?” 12 He said to them, “Do not take more than what is required of you.” 13 Some soldiers asked him also: “And what shall we do?” He told them: “Do not extort money from anyone. Do not cheat anyone. Be content with your wages.” 14
Everyone was expectant, asking themselves if perhaps Yahya were the awaited Al-Masih. 15 Yahya answered all of them, “I immerse you in water, but the one who comes after me is stronger than I am. I am not worthy of untying the straps of his sandals. He will immerse you into holy Ruh Allah and into fire. 16 He holds his winnowing fork in his hand to purify his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat in his storehouse. He will burn the straw with fire that cannot be extinguished. 17
With many other sermons like this, Yahya told good news to the people. 18 Yahya rebuked the ruler Herod for his marriage to Herodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the other evil he did. 19 But Herod later became even more unjust than he had been before. He imprisoned Yahya. 20
But while Yahya was still immersing all the people, Isa was also immersed. As Isa was praising Allah, the sky was opened. 21 Holy Ruh Allah came down on him like a dove. A voice called from the sky. It said: “You are my beloved Amir. I have rida in you.” 22
Isa was about thirty years old when he began bringing his message. People considered him the son of Yusif Ibn Eli 23 Bin Matthat Bin Levi Bin Melchi Bin Jannai Bin Yusif 24 Bin Mattathias Bin Amos Bin Nahum Bin Hesli Bin Naggai 25 Bin Maath Bin Mattathias Bin Semein Bin Josech, Bin Yahuda 26 Bin Yahya Bin Rhesa Bin Zerubbabel Ibn Shealtiel Bin Neri 27 Bin Melchi Bin Addi Bin Cosam Bin Elmadam Bin Er 28 Bin Joshua Bin Eliezer Bin Jorim Bin Matthat Bin Levi 29 Bin Simon Bin Yahuda Bin Yusif Bin Jonam Bin Eliakim 30 Bin Melea Bin Menna Bin Mattatha Bin Nathan Bin Dawood 31 Bin Jesse Bin Obed Bin Boaz Bin Salmon Bin Nahshon 32 Bin Amminadab Bin Admin Bin Ram Bin Hezron Bin Perez Bin Yahuda 33 Bin Yacoub Bin Ishaq Bin Ibrahim Bin Terah Bin Nahor 34 Bin Serug Bin Reu Bin Peleg Bin Heber Bin Shelah 35 Bin Cainan Bin Arphaxad Bin Sam Bin Nuh Bin Lamik 36 Bin Salih Bin Idris Bin Jared Bin Mahalaleel Bin Cainan 37 Bin Enosh Bin Seth Bin Adam, Regent of Allah.
Surah 4
Isa returned from the Jordan River filled with Holy Ruh Allah, and Ruh Allah led him into the wilderness. 1 Iblis tempted him there for forty days. Isa was doing sawm night and day all that time. When that time finished, he was very hungry. 2 Then Iblis told him: “If you are the beloved Amir of Allah, command this stone to become bread.” 3 Isa answered him: “The Tawrat says: People live not only with bread.” 4
Then Iblis took him and in an instant, showed him all the kingdoms of the earth. 5 Iblis told him: “I will give you authority over all these kingdoms and all the glory in them. They have all been delivered to me, and I can give them to anyone I want. 6 If you bow down to me, they will be yours.” 7 Isa answered him: “The Tawrat says: Bow down to Allah your Mawla. Worship only him.” 8
Then Al-Shaitan took Isa to Al-Quds, and had him stand on the roof of the top of the house of Allah. He said to him: “If you are the beloved Amir of Allah, throw yourself from here. 9
The Zabur says: He will command his angels about you. They will protect you. 10 On their hands they will carry you so you will not hit your foot on a stone.” 11
Isa answered him: “Allah said in the Tawrat: Do not test Allah your Mawla.” 12
After all these temptations, Iblis went away from him for a time. 13
Then Isa went back to Al-Jalil. He was aided by the power of Ruh Allah. News about him spread in all surrounding regions. 14 He was teaching in the houses of salat of Al-Jalil. Everyone honored him. 15
Then he came to Al-Nasira, where he was raised. He went to the house of salat on Al-Sabt, as was his habit. He stood up to read from the kitab of Allah. 16 They gave him the scroll of the nabi Isaiah. He opened the scroll, and found the portion where it is written: 17
‘Al-Ruh from Rabb Al-Alamin is on me. He chose me to bring good news to the poor. He sent me to call for release of the prisoners. I will heal the blind so they see, and free those who are unjustly treated. 18 I will announce the rida of Rabb Al-Alamin to them.’ 19
Then he rolled up the scroll and returned it to the attendant and sat down. All those who came for salat stared at him. 20 He told them: “Today this promise of Allah has been fulfilled as you heard it.” 21 Everyone commended him. They were amazed at the words of baraka coming out of his mouth. They started to say, “Is this not the son of Yusif?” 22 He said to them: “No doubt you will tell me the proverb: Physician, heal yourself. We have heard of your ayat in the town of Capernaum. Do similar ones here in your home town, too. 23 Then he said: “I tell you a true saying: No nabi is acceptable in his home town. 24 I tell you a true saying: In the time of Ilyas, there were many widows among Bani Israil. Allah had stopped the rain for three years and six months, and there was a great famine. 25 But Allah did not send Ilyas to help any of them. He sent him to a widow from Zarephath in the province of Sidon. 26 In the time of the nabi Alyasa, there were many of Bani Israil afflicted with leprosy. But Allah did not make any of them tahir, but he made Naaman the Syrian tahir! 27
When those who were praying heard these words, they exploded with anger. 28 They stood up and threw him out of the town. Then they led him to the edge of the mountain that their town was built on. They wanted to throw him down. 29 But he passed in between them and immediately went on his way. 30
Then he went down to his town Capernaum in Al-Jalil. He began to teach people on Al-Sabt. 31 They were amazed at his teachings, since his word was authoritative. 32
In the house of salat, there was a man touched by the spirit of an unclean jinni. He had been shouting with a loud voice: 33 “Leave us alone, Isa al-Nasiri! Did you come to destroy us? I know you! You are the holy one who comes from Allah!” 34
Isa rebuked him. He said, “Be silent and come out of him.” Then the jinni threw the man on the ground in front of them, and went out of him without harming him. 35
Everyone was totally amazed, and they started to say to each other, “How powerful his word is! He commands the unclean spirits with authority and power and they go out!” 36
So his reputation spread all throughout the region. 37
Then he left the house of salat and entered the house of Simon. The mother of the wife of Simon was sick with a high fever, so they urged Isa to heal her. 38 He stood next to her and rebuked the fever. So it left her and she got up immediately and served them. 39
At sunset, people who had various diseases came to Isa. He put his hands on each one of them and healed them all. 40 The jinn left many people and shouted: “You are the beloved Amir of Allah!” But he rebuked them and forbade them from speaking, because they knew that he was the awaited Al-Masih. 41
Then Isa went out at dawn to an isolated place. The crowds were searching for him. They came to him and held on to him so he would not leave them. 42 But he said to them: “I must also give good news of the kingdom of Allah to people in the other towns. This is my message.” 43
He went on preaching in the houses of salat in Yahudia. 44
Surah 5
Isa was standing on the shore of Al-Jalil Lake. The multitudes crowded around him to hear the word of Allah. 1 He saw two boats on the shore. (The fishermen had left them to wash the nets.) 2 Isa got into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon. He asked him move it a little from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. 3
When he finished speaking, he said to Simon: “Go out to the deep water and throw your nets in to catch fish.” 4
Simon answered him: “Master, we worked hard all night and did not catch anything. But according to your command I will throw the nets.” 5
When they did that, the nets were filled with fish. The nets started to break because there were so many fish. 6 He motioned to his partners in the other boat to help them. So they came and filled both boats. The boats were almost sinking. 7
When Simon Peter saw this, he bowed down at the knees of Isa. He said, “My mawla, leave me alone. I am a sinful man!” 8 He and everyone with him were totally amazed by the amount of fish they had caught. 9 The two partners of Simon, Yacoub and John sons of Zebedee, were also totally amazed. Then Isa told Simon: “Do not fear. From now on, you will gather people.” 10
Then they pulled the boats to shore and they left everything behind them and followed him. 11
Isa was in a village, and a man covered with leprosy saw Isa and fell down on his face. He begged Isa, “Master, if you will, you are able to make me tahir.” 12 Isa stretched out his hand and touched where he was unclean. He said, “I will it. Be healed and tahir.” Immediately the leprosy left him. 13
He commanded him not to tell anyone. He said, “Go and show yourself to the habr. Present the qurban for your becoming tahir as Allah commanded Musa as a proof to them.” 14
But the news about Isa spread more. The crowds came to him to hear him and be healed of his diseases. 15 But Isa went to an isolated place in the wilderness and prayed in dua’. 16
One day, Isa was teaching people. Pharisees and teachers of the Tawrat from all villages of Al-Jalil and Al-Quds and Yahudia were sitting there. Baraka from Rabb Al-Alamin was with him to heal the sick. 17 Men carrying a paralyzed man on a mat came and tried to bring him in to put him in front of Isa. 18 They could not find a way to take him in because of the crowd. So they took him to the roof. They lowered him through an opening in the tiles in the middle, in front of Isa. 19
When Isa saw their trust, he said, “Man, your sins are forgiven.” 20
The fuqaha and Pharisees were thinking: “Who is this? He speaks shirk! There is no forgiver of sins except Allah alone! ” 21
Isa realized their thoughts. He answered them: “Why do you hide these thoughts in your hearts? 22 Which is easier? To say: ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say: ‘Stand up and walk’? 23 But so you can know that Sayyid Al-Bashar has authority on earth to forgive sins,” he said to the paralyzed man: “I tell you, stand up and carry your mat and go home.” 24 Immediately the man stood up in front of those present there, and carried his mat and went home. He praised the glory of Allah. 25 All were amazed and praised the glory of Allah, and they were filled with fear. They said, “Today we have seen strange things!” 26
Later Isa went out and saw a detested tax collector named Levi sitting in his office. Isa told him, “Follow me.” 27 He stood up, left everything and became one of his followers. 28
Then Levi held a large banquet in his house in honor of Isa. A large group of detested tax collectors and others ate dinner with them. 29 The Pharisees and fuqaha complained to his followers. They said, “Why do you eat and drink with detested tax collectors and sinners?” 30
Isa answered: “The healthy, not the sick, need a physician. 31 I did not come to righteous people. I came to call sinners to repentance.” 32
They also said to him, “The followers of Yahya and the Pharisees do much sawm and salat. Your followers eat and drink all the time.” 33
Isa said to them: “Can you tell wedding guests to do sawm when the groom is still with them? 34 Days will come when the groom will be taken away from them. Then they will do sawm.” 35
Then he told them a story: “No one cuts a piece from a new robe to make a patch for an old robe. If he does, he will ruin the new robe and the new patch will not be suitable for the old. 36 No one puts new wine in an old leather container. If he does, the new wine will tear the container, the wine will be spilled, and the container will be ruined. 37 New wine is put in a new container. 38 Whoever drinks old wine will not want the new. He will say: The old is good enough.” 39
Surah 6
Isa passed through the wheat fields, and it was Al-Sabt. His followers started picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating. 1 Some Pharisees said to them: “Why do you do what is wrong on Al-Sabt?” 2
Isa answered: “Did you not read in the kitab what Dawood did? He and his soldiers were hungry. 3 He entered the house of Allah and took the bread that had been a qurban to Allah and ate it. It was forbidden to anyone except the ahbar. He also gave it to his companions.” 4 Then he told them: “Sayyid Al-Bashar is master of Al-Sabt!” 5
On another Sabt, Isa entered the house of salat and started to talk. There was a man with a dried-up right hand. 6 The fuqaha and the Pharisees watched Isa to see if he would heal him on Al-Sabt. They were looking for an excuse to accuse him. 7 Isa knew their thoughts. He said to the man with the dried-up hand: “Stand up here in the middle.” So he got up and stood in front of them. 8
Isa said to them: “I ask you a question. Is it halal on Al-Sabt to do what is good or to do evil? Is it halal to save a life or to destroy it?” 9
He looked around at them all. He said to the man, “Stretch your hand out.” He did it and his hand was made straight. 10 This made them crazy with anger and they conspired against Isa. 11
In those days, Isa went to an isolated place on a mountain to pray in dua’ to Allah. He spent all night praying in dua’. 12 When morning came, he called his followers to come to him. He chose twelve of them and called them hawariyun. 13
Their names were: Simon, whom he called Peter, his brother Andrew, Yacoub, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 14 Matthew, Thomas, Yacoub son of Alphaeus, Simon the zealot, 15 Yahuda son of Yacoub, and Yahuda Iscariot who later became a traitor. 16
Then he went down with them, and he stood in an open place. A multitude of followers and a large crowd from Yahudia, Al-Quds, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon gathered around him. 17 They came to hear him and to be healed from their diseases. People who were tormented from a touch by unclean spirits came and were healed. 18 The whole multitude tried to touch him, because strong baraka came out from him and healed them all. 19
He looked up to his hawariyun and said to them: “You poor have a baraka, because you have a share in the kingdom of Allah. 20 You who are hungry now have a baraka, because you will be filled. You who cry now have a baraka, because you will laugh. 21 Suppose people hate you, reject you, curse you, and insult you because you are followers of Sayyid Al-Bashar. 22 Rejoice on that day. Dance joyfully. Your reward with your Rabb is great. That is what your fathers did to the anbiya. 23
But woe to you rich people. You are only rich in this world. 24 Woe to you who are full now. You will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now. You will grieve and cry. 25 Woe to you when all people commend you. That is what your ancestors did to the dajjals. 26
I tell you who hear: Love your enemies. Do what is good to those who hate you. 27 Pray in dua’ for baraka on those who insult you. Pray in dua’ for good for those you dishonor you. 28 If someone hits you on the cheek, offer him the other cheek to hit. If someone takes your cloak, do not withhold even your robe. 29 Give to everyone who asks you. If anyone takes something from you, do not demand that he return it to you. 30 Treat people as you want them to treat you. 31
If you love people who love you, what benefit is that? Even sinners love people who love them. 32 If you do what is good to people who do what is good to you, what benefit is that? Sinners also do that. 33 Suppose you give a loan to people and you expect that they will pay you back. What benefit is that? 34 Love your enemies and do what is good to them. Give loans without expecting anything back. Your reward will be great. In this way you will be amirs to Allah Al-Aly Al-Karim. He is Al-Mun’im even to the ungrateful and evil. 35 Show mercy to people as your Malik Al-Rahman is Raouf and Rahim. 36
Do not judge anyone, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn and you will not be condemned. Pardon them and Allah will forgive you. 37 Give and your Rabb will bless you with his many blessings. He will give you a full measure, pressed down, shaken and overflowing. It will be measured to you with the same measure you measure out.” 38
He told them a story: “Can one blind man lead another blind man? Will both of them not fall together into a pit? 39 The follower is not higher than his teacher. Whoever completes his learning has been mentored by his teacher. 40
Why do you look at the straw in the eye of your brother, when there is a board in your eye that you do not notice? 41 How do you dare say to your brother: “Brother, let me take the straw from your eye, when you do not see the board in your eye? You hypocrite, first take the board out of your eye. Then you will see clearly to take the straw from the eye of your brother! 42
A good tree does not produce bad fruit, and a bad tree does not produce good fruit. 43 Every tree is known by its fruit. People do not harvest figs from thorn bushes. They do not pick grapes from a thistle bush. 44 The good person brings out good from the treasure of good in his heart. The bad person brings out bad from the bad that is in him, since his tongue speaks from the overflow of his heart. 45
Why do you call me: ‘Our master, our master,’ while you do not do my word? 46 Suppose someone comes to me and hears my word and does it. 47 He is like a man, building a house, who dug deep to make a foundation on the rock. When the river overflowed and struck that house, it was not shaken because it was built well. 48 The one who hears my word and does not do it is like a man who built a house on the sand without a foundation. When the river overflowed and struck that house, it fell down immediately, and destroyed the whole house.” 49
Surah 7
He finished his speech to the people and entered Capernaum. 1 A Roman officer lived there. A dear slave of his was sick and near to death. 2 The officer heard the news of Isa, so he sent some sheikhs of Al-Yahud to ask him to come and heal his slave. 3 The delegation came to Isa and pleaded with him urgently. They said: “He deserves for you to respond to him, 4 for he loves our umma and built us a house of salat.” 5
Isa went with them, and when he approached the house, the officer sent his friends to him to tell him: “Master, do not bother yourself. I am not worthy for you to come under the shade of the ceiling in my house. 6 This is why I did not consider myself worthy to appear in front of you. It is enough for you to command it, and my slave will be healed. 7 I have a commander above me, and soldiers under my command. I tell one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and I tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I tell my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 8
Isa heard this, and he was amazed at the officer. He turned and said to the crowd that was following him: “I tell you that I have not found this kind of great trust even among Bani Israil.” 9 The delegation returned to the house, and found the slave well. 10
The next day, Isa went to the town of Nain with his followers and a large crowd. 11 When he approached the gate of the town, people were carrying out a dead man. He was the only son of his mother, who was a widow. Many people from the town accompanied her. 12 Our mawla saw her and had compassion on her. He said to her, “Do not cry.” 13
He went, touched the bier, and the people who were carrying it stopped. Then he said, “Young man, I tell you, get up!” 14 The dead man sat up and started to speak, and Isa gave him back to his mother. 15
Fear gripped everyone. They praised the glory of Allah and said, “Allah has sent us a great nabi,” and, “Allah has aided his umma.” 16 This news about Isa spread through Yahudia and all the surrounding areas. 17
Yahya heard about these events from his followers, so he called two of his followers. 18 He sent them to Isa to ask him, “Are you the promised one who is coming, or should we wait for someone else?” 19
The two men came to Isa and told him, “Yahya who did ghusl sent us to you. He asks you: Are you the promised one who is coming, or should we wait for someone else?” 20
Isa healed many who were sick, ill, in pain, and touched by evil spirits in that hour. He also blessed many blind people with sight. 21 Then he answered them: “Go and tell Yahya what you saw and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are healed, the deaf hear, the dead are resurrected, and the poor receive good news. 22 And the person who does not doubt me has a baraka!” 23
When the two messengers of Yahya went away, Isa began to talk to the crowds about Yahya: “Why did you go out to the wilderness? To see a reed shaken by the wind? 24 Why did you go out? To see a man wearing fine clothes? People who have fine clothes and rich people live in palaces. 25 So why did you go out? To see a nabi? Yes, I tell you. He is even more than a nabi. 26
He is the one Allah spoke about in the kitab: I am sending my rasul before you to prepare the way in front of you. 27
I tell you that among the sons born of women, none is greater than Yahya. But the least person in the kingdom of Allah is greater than he is.” 28
When they heard this, all the people who had had been immersed with the ghusl of repentance from Yahya affirmed the justice of Allah, including the detested tax collectors. 29 But the Pharisees and scholars of the Tawrat rejected the will of Allah for them. They had not been immersed with the ghusl of repentance from Yahya. 30
“What can I compare this generation to? What are they like? 31 They are like children sitting in the market calling one another: We played the flute and you did not dance. We mourned for you, and you did not cry. 32
Yahya who did ghusl came as an ascetic. He did not eat bread and wine, and you rejected him. You said: A jinni has touched him! 33 Then Sayyid Al-Bashar came eating and drinking and you rejected him. You said: He is a glutton and a drunkard, and a friend of detestable tax collectors and sinners! 34 But the truth of wisdom is proven in everyone who is committed to it.” 35
One of the Pharisees invited him for dinner, and Isa entered his house. Isa was reclining at the table. 36 A sinful woman from that town knew that Isa was at the house of the Pharisee. She came with an alabaster jar containing expensive perfumed oil. 37 She stood behind Isa crying near his feet, wetting them with her tears. Then she wiped his feet with the hair of her head. She kissed them and put her oil on them. 38
When the Pharisee who hosted Isa saw this, he said to himself: “If he were a nabi, he would know that this woman who is touching him is unclean. She is a sinner! 39 Isa answered: “Simon, I have something to say to you.” He said, “Speak, teacher.” 40
“There were two men who owed money to a moneylender. One of them owed five hundred silver dinars. The other owed fifty. 41 Both were unable to pay, so he pardoned them and released them from their debts out of his grace. Which of them will love the moneylender more?” 42
Simon said, “I think the one who was pardoned from the greater debt.” Isa said to him: “You have judged correctly.” 43
Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon: “Do you see this woman? I entered your house as a guest and you did not give me water to wash my feet. But she has wetted my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. 44 You did not kiss me when I came in. But since I came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet. 45 You did not put oil on my head, but she has put expensive perfumed oil on my feet. 46 So I tell you, her many sins are forgiven for her, so she loved much. But the one who is forgiven little, loves little.” 47
Then he said to the woman: “Your sins are forgiven for you.” 48
Those who were reclining started to ask each other: “Who is this who forgives sins?” 49
Isa said to the woman: “Your trust has made you one of the owners of the right hand, so go in the peace of Allah. 50
Surah 8
After that, Isa went around in the towns and villages preaching and giving good news of the Kingdom of Allah. He was accompanied by the twelve hawariyun 1 and some women whom he had healed from a touch by evil spirits and from sicknesses. The names of the women were Mariam Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven jinn, 2 Joanna the wife of Chuza, the steward of Herod, Susanna, and many others who spent their money in the sirat of Isa. 3
When great multitudes gathered around him from all the villages of the region, he told them a story: 4 “A farmer went out to sow seeds. While he was sowing, some of the seeds fell beside the road, and people stepped on them. Then the birds of the sky flew down on the seeds and ate them. 5 Some of the seeds fell on the rock. They sprouted, but dried up since they lacked moisture. 6 Some of them fell among thorns, which sprouted with them and choked them. 7 But some of them fell on the fertile ground, and they sprouted and produced one hundred times as much.” Then Isa called out: “Everyone with two ears to hear should listen.” 8
His hawariyun asked him about the meaning of the story. 9 He said: “Allah has given you knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of Allah. But I tell other people stories, so that when they look, they do not see, and when they listen, they do not understand. 10
This is the meaning of the story: The seeds are the word of Allah. 11 The seeds that fell beside the road are people who hear, and Iblis comes and takes away the word from their hearts. Thus, they do not believe and are not saved from destruction. 12 The seeds that fell on the rock are people who hear the word and accept it joyfully. But they have no root. They believe for a while, and turn back when there is a trial. 13 The seeds that fell among thorns are people who hear, and as time passes, the worries, riches, and concerns of this life choke them. So their fruit does not mature. 14 But the seeds in the fertile soil are those who hear the word in good, sound hearts. They hold on to it and are patient and produce fruit. 15 No one lights a lamp and hides it under a basket, nor does he put it under a bed. He puts it on a lamp stand so that those who come in can be guided by its light. 16 Everything that is hidden will be made public. Everything covered will be known and exposed in the light. 17 Be alert as you listen! Whoever has will be given more. But suppose a person does not have. Even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him. 18
The mother and brothers of Isa came to him, but they could not reach him because of the crowd. 19 Someone told him: “Your mother and brothers are standing outside and they want to see you.” 20
He answered them: “My mother and brothers are the ones who hear the word of Allah and do it.” 21
One day, Isa and his hawariyun got in a boat. He said to them: “Let us go over to the other shore of the lake.” So they left. 22 As they were sailing, Isa went to sleep. Then the winds on the lake became stormy, the boat became almost full of water, and they were in danger of drowning. 23
They came to him, woke him, and said, “Our master, our master, we are going to die.” So he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves. And the waves were still and there was total calm. 24 Then he asked them: “Where is your trust?”
They were awestruck and amazed. They asked: “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the waves, and they obey him!” 25
Then they sailed to the land of the people of Jerash, east of Al-Jalil. 26 Isa got out on the shore. A man from the town who was touched by jinn met him there. He had not worn clothing for a long time. He did not live in a house, but among the tombs. 27 When he saw Isa, he bowed down in front of him and shouted as loud as he could: “What do you have to do with me, Isa, beloved Amir of Allah Al-Aly? Please do not torture me!” 28 This was because Isa had been commanding the unclean spirit to leave the man. The jinni often took control of the man. People tied him with chains and bonds and guarded him. But he would break them and the jinni would lead him into the wilderness. 29
Isa asked him: “What is your name?” He said: “I am Army.” An army of jinn had taken up residence in the man. 30 The jinn begged him not to judge them by sending them out into the Abyss. 31
There was a large herd of pigs grazing on the mountain. The jinn begged Isa to give them permission to enter the pigs, and he gave them permission. 32 So the jinn left the man and entered the pigs. Then the whole herd rushed from the mountain cliff to the lake and drowned. 33
When the herders saw what happened, they fled and told the people of the town and the rural residents. 34 So the people went out to see what happened and came to Isa. They saw the man sitting by the feet of Isa. The jinn had left him. He was wearing clothes and his mind was sound. So they were afraid. 35 The eyewitnesses told them how Isa had saved the man who had been touched by jinn, and had healed him. 36 The people of Jerash and its region asked him to go away from them, because they had become very afraid. So Isa got in the boat and went away from there. 37
The man the jinn had left begged him to go along with him. But Isa sent him away: 38 “Go back to your household and tell them all that Allah has done for you.” So he went and told the whole town what Isa had done for him. 39
When Isa returned, the multitudes welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him. 40 One of the rulers of the house of salat named Jairus came to him. He fell down at his feet and begged him to come to his house. 41 His only daughter was dying. She was about twelve years old. Isa started going to the house of the ruler, but there was a crowd around him. 42
There was a woman who had been suffering from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians. But none of them were able to heal her. 43 She approached Isa from behind, touched the edge of his robe, and her bleeding stopped immediately. 44
Isa said: “Who touched me?” But they all denied it. Peter told him: “Our master, the crowd is crowding around you and is pressing on you.” 45
Isa said: “Someone touched me intentionally, because I felt power going out of me.” 46
The woman saw that her story was going to be exposed. So she came trembling and threw herself down in front of him. She told him, in front of the crowd, the reason she had touched him and that she had been healed immediately. 47 He said to her: “My daughter, your trust has healed you. Go in peace.” 48
He was still speaking, and someone came from the house of the ruler of the house of salat. He told him: “Your daughter has died. Do not bother the teacher any longer.” 49
Isa heard this and told the ruler: “Do not be afraid. Only have trust and the girl will be well.” 50
Then Isa came to the house. He did not allow anyone to enter with him except Peter, John, Yacoub, and the father and mother of the girl. 51 Everyone was crying and mourning for her. He said, “Do not cry. She did not die. She is sleeping.” 52
They laughed at him, because they knew that she was really dead. 53 But Isa took hold of the hand of the girl and called her, “Girl, get up!” 54 Her spirit returned to her and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her some food. 55 Her parents were amazed, but he told them not to tell anyone what had happened. 56
Surah 9
After that, he called his twelve hawariyun, and gave them power and clear authority to cast out jinn and to heal sick people. 1 He sent them to announce the kingdom of Allah and to heal the sick. 2
He told them: “Do not take anything for your trip: No walking stick, no bag, no bread, no money and no extra robe. 3 Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the region. 4 Suppose people do not welcome you. Then leave their town and shake off the dust from your feet as a shahada against them.” 5
The hawariyun went out proclaiming good news in all the villages, and healing everywhere. 6
The ruler Herod heard the news of everything that was happening, and he was puzzled, because some people were saying that Yahya had been resurrected alive from death. 7 Some were saying: “Ilyas has appeared,” and some of them were saying that one of the old anbiya has been resurrected alive. 8 But Herod said: “I cut off the head of Yahya. Who is the one I hear these things about?” So he tried to see him. 9
Then the hawariyun returned and told Isa everything they had done. So he took them with him by themselves to the town of Bethsaida. 10 But the crowd knew it, and they followed him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of Allah. He healed all their sick. 11
Before sunset, the twelve hawariyun came and told him: “Send the crowd away so they can go to the villages and the surrounding rural areas, stay there, and find food for themselves. We are in an isolated place.” 12
But Isa told them: “You feed them.” They said: “We only have five loaves and two fish, unless we go and buy food for all these people.” 13 There were about five thousand men.
Isa told his hawariyun: “Make them sit down in groups of fifty per group.” 14
They told the people and everyone sat down. 15 Then Isa took the five loaves and two fish, looked up, and prayed in dua’ for baraka. Then he broke them and gave them to his followers to present to the crowds. 16 So they all ate and were full. Then they gathered twelve baskets of broken pieces that were left over. 17
Later, Isa was praying in dua’ alone with his hawariyun. Then he asked them: “Who do people say I am?” 18
They answered him: “Some people say that you are Yahya who did ghusl. Other people say you are Ilyas. Some people say you are one of the ancient anbiya who has been resurrected.” 19
Isa said to them: “What about you? Who do you say I am?” Peter answered: “You are Al-Masih, Al-Mustafa of Allah.” 20
He commanded them strongly not to reveal this to anyone. 21 He told them: “It is written that Sayyid Al-Bashar must suffer many pains. The sheikhs of the people and the leading ahbar and fuqaha must reject him. He must be killed and on the third day he must be resurrected alive.” 22
Then he said to everyone: “If anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself, sacrifice himself daily, following the example of my death on the cross, and follow me. 23 Whoever wants to rescue his life will lose it. Whoever loses it in my sirat will rescue it. 24 What will a person benefit if he gains the whole world and loses or destroys his soul? 25 If anyone is embarrassed to mention me and my words, Sayyid Al-Bashar will be embarrassed of him when he comes in the splendor of his glory, the glory of Al-Malik Al-Rahman, and the glory of the holy angels. 26 But I tell you a true saying: Some of the ones standing here will not die before they see the kingdom of Allah.” 27
After about eight days, Isa took Peter and John and Yacoub and went up on a mountain so he could pray in dua’. 28
As he was praying in dua’, the appearance of his face changed and his clothes became white and shining, like lightning. 29 Suddenly, two men were talking with him: Musa and Ilyas. 30 They appeared in splendor, and started talking with him about his departure, which would happen soon in Al-Quds. 31
But Peter and his two companions were drowsy. When they woke up, they saw the splendor of the glory of Isa and the two men standing with him. 32 Before the two rusul departed, Peter said to Isa: “Our master, how wonderful it is that we are here. Let us build three tents: one for you, one for Musa, and one for Ilyas.” He did not know what he was saying. 33
As he was speaking, a cloud came and covered them with its shadow. They were afraid when they entered the cloud. 34
Then a voice shouted from the cloud. It said: “This is my beloved Amir, Al-Mustafa. Listen to him.” 35
After the voice, they saw only Isa. They were silent and did not tell anyone in those days what they had seen. 36
The next day they went down from the mountain, and a huge crowd welcomed him. 37 A man in the crowd shouted: “Teacher, please have compassion on my son. He is my only son! 38 A spirit takes control of him and suddenly makes him scream. He makes him shake, throws him on the ground, and makes him foam at the mouth. He does not leave him except after a great struggle and violent torture. 39 I begged your hawariyun to make him go out, but they could not.” 40
Isa answered him: “You are a generation of kuffar who go astray! How long will I remain with you and bear you? Bring your son here.” 41
As he brought him close, the jinni threw him to the ground and shook him. Isa rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, made him well, and returned him to his father. 42 Everyone was amazed at the greatness of Allah. While they were marveling at everything Isa did, he said to his hawariyun: 43 “Listen carefully to this saying: Sayyid Al-Bashar must be delivered to the hands of people.” 44
But they did not understand his saying. It was unclear to them. They did not realize what it meant, but they were afraid to ask him about it. 45
Later, there was an argument among the hawariyun about who was the greatest of them. 46 Since Isa saw the thoughts of their hearts, he took a child beside him. 47 He told them: “Whoever receives this child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives Allah who sent me. The least of you is the greatest.” 48
John answered: “Our master, we saw a man casting out jinn in your name. We forbade him, because he is not in our group.” 49
Isa told him: “Do not forbid him, because the person who is not against you is for you.” 50
When the time approached for Isa to go up to heaven, he determined to head toward Al-Quds. 51 He sent messengers ahead of him, and they entered a village of Samaritans to prepare things for him. 52
But the people of the town did not accept him, because he was determined to head toward Al-Quds. 53 When the hawariyun Yacoub and John saw this, they said: “Our mawla, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky on them and destroy them?” 54
Isa turned and rebuked them both. 55
Then they went to another village. 56
As they were walking on the way, a man said to him: “I will follow you wherever you go.” 57
Isa told him: “Foxes have holes, and birds have nests, but Sayyid Al-Bashar has no place to rest his head.” 58
Isa told another person, “Follow me.” But he answered him: “My master, let me go and bury my father first.” 59 Isa said, “Let the dead bury their dead. You, go and announce the good news of the kingdom of Allah.” 60
Another person said, “My master, I will follow you, but let me first say goodbye to my household.” 61 Isa told him: “Everyone who puts his hand on the plow and then looks backward is not good enough for the kingdom of Allah.” 62
Surah 10
Then our mawla appointed seventy others, and sent them two by two so they would go before him to all the cities and villages that he was going to visit. 1
He told them: “The harvest is plenteous and the laborers are few. Pray in dua’ to the Rabb of the harvest to send laborers to his harvest. 2 Go. Know that I have sent you as sheep among wolves. 3 Do not carry money, a bag, or shoes. Do not waste time with greetings on the way. 4
Whenever you enter a house, say, Assalamu alaykum to the people of that house! 5 If there is a son of peace in it, your peace will come upon him. If not, it will return to you. 6 Stay at that house, and consume the food and drink what they offer you. The laborer deserves his wage. Do not move from one house to another house. 7
If you enter a town and its people receive you, eat the food they offer you. 8 Heal their sick people and tell them: the kingdom of Allah has approached you. 9
But whenever you enter a town and its people do not receive you, go out into its streets and say: 10 ‘We shake off even the dust of your town from our feet as a shahada against you. Know certainly that the kingdom of Allah has approached.’ 11 I tell you that on Yawm Al-Din, the torture of the people of Lut, the inhabitants of Sodom, will be lighter than the torture of that town. 12
Woe to you, town of Chorazin! Woe to you, town of Bethsaida! If Tyre and Sidon had witnessed the works of power that you have witnessed, their people would have repented sincerely a long time ago, wearing sackcloth and sitting in ashes. 13 But the torture of Tyre and Sidon will be lighter than your torture on Yawm Al-Din! 14
Capernaum, will Allah raise you up to the heights of Al-Janna? No. He will bring you down to Jahannam! 15
Whoever listens to you has listened to me. Whoever rejects you has rejected me. Whoever rejects me has rejected Allah who sent me.” 16
When the seventy messengers returned, they said joyfully: “Our mawla, even the jinn are subject to us in your name!” 17
Isa told them: “I saw Al-Shaitan defeated and falling from the heavens like lightning! 18 I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you will even walk on serpents and scorpions. Nothing will harm you at all. 19 But do not rejoice because the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names have been written in the register of Al-Janna.” 20
In that hour, Isa rejoiced in Holy Ruh Allah and said: “Praise be to you, Al-Malik Al-Wadud, Rabb of heaven and earth. You have hidden these secrets from wise and clever people and shown them to simple people! Yes, Al-Malik Al-Wadud, everything has happened according to your rida. 21 My Malik Al-Wadud has delegated all things to me. No one knows who the beloved Amir is except Al-Malik Al-Wadud. No one knows who Al-Malik Al-Wadud is except the beloved Amir and whoever the beloved Amir wills to reveal him.” 22
He turned to his hawariyun and told them in private: “The eyes that see what you see have a baraka. 23 I tell you that many anbiya and kings wanted to see what you see, but they did not see it. They wanted to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.” 24
One of the scholars of the Tawrat stood up to test Isa. He said: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit a portion in eternal spiritual life?” 25
Isa told him: “What did Allah reveal in the Tawrat about that? How do you understand it?” 26
The scholar said: “Love Allah your Mawla with all your heart with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind. And love your neighbor like yourself.” 27
sa told him: “Good answer. If you do this, you will live.” 28
But the scholar wanted to justify himself, and asked Isa: “And who is my neighbor?” 29
Isa answered him: “A traveler was going down from Al-Quds to Jericho. Robbers grabbed him, stripped him naked, beat him, and left him half dead. 30
It happened that a habr passed by on that road. He saw him, avoided him, and continued his journey. 31
A Levite also passed by and saw him. He avoided him and continued his journey. 32
Then a Samaritan passed by on his journey and saw him. He had compassion on him. 33 He came close to him, bandaged his wounds, and poured oil and wine on them. Then he loaded him on his beast and took him to a khan and cared for him. 34
The next day, the Samaritan gave two silver dinars to the owner of the khan. He told him: “Take care of him and when I return I will pay you back for everything extra you have spent. 35
Which of the three was truly a neighbor to the one who fell into the hands of robbers?” 36
The scholar said, “The one who treated him with mercy.” Isa told him: “Go and do like him.” 37
During his journey, they entered a village and a woman named Martha hosted Isa. 38
Her sister Mariam sat at the feet of our mawla, listening to his words. 39 But Martha was busy with much serving. Then she came and told him: “My mawla, do you not notice that my sister has left me to work alone? Tell her to help me.” 40
Our mawla answered her: “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled with many things. 41 One matter is needed. Mariam has chosen the best portion. It will never be taken from her.” 42
Surah 11
One day, Isa was praying in dua’ to Allah in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his hawariyun told him: “Our mawla, teach us to do salat as Yahya taught his followers.” 1
Isa told them: “If you do salat, say, “Allahumma, our Malik Al-Rahman, may your holy name be praised. May your kingdom appear. 2 Provide bread for us every day for that day. 3 Forgive us our sins, for we pardon all who are in debt to us. Do not make us enter trials.” 4
Then he spoke to them: “Suppose one of you goes to the house of his friend at midnight and tells him: Friend, loan me three loaves of bread. 5 A guest from out of town has come to me, and I have nothing to offer him. 6
Your friend would never say from inside: ‘Do not bother me! I have locked the door and my children are sleeping with me in the bed. I cannot get up to give you what you are asking for!’ 7 I tell you: even though he would not get up and give it to him because of affection between them, he will give him whatever he needs because of his honor. 8
So I tell you: pray in dua’ and you will receive. Seek and you will find. Knock and it will be opened to you. 9 Everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and the door will be opened to the one who knocks. 10
What father among you will give his son a rock if he asks for bread? Will you give him a water snake if he asks for a fish? 11 If he asks for an egg, will you give him a scorpion? 12
If even you evil people know how to give your children good gifts, how much more will your Malik Al-Rahman in the heavens give his Holy Ruh to the one who asks him?” 13
Isa was casting out a dumb jinni, and when the jinni went out, the dumb man spoke, and the crowds were amazed. 14 But some of them said, “He casts out jinn with the power of Iblis, king of the jinn!” 15
A group of them asked him to bring them an ayah from heaven, in order to test him. 16
He knew their intentions, and told them: “Every divided kingdom will be destroyed. Every divided house will fall down. 17 If Al-Shaitan is divided, how can he remain? You said that I cast out jinn with the power of Iblis. 18 If I cast out jinn with the power of Iblis, by whose power do your sons cast them out? Thus they will judge you. 19 But if I cast out jinn by the finger of Allah, the kingdom of Allah has been established among you. 20
When a strong, armed man guards his palace, his possessions are safe. 21 But suppose someone stronger than he attacks him and defeats him. He will strip him of his armor in which he trusted and distribute the spoils. 22
He who is not with me is against me. He who does not gather with me is scattered. 23
If an unclean spirit leaves a man, he wanders about in desolate places seeking rest in vain. Then he says: I will go to my residence that I left. 24 It comes to the man and finds that he is like a house that has been swept, clean and neat. 25 So he goes and brings seven spirits more evil than he as companions, and they enter him and live in him. The final situation of that man is worse than his first situation.” 26
As he was speaking, a woman in the crowd shouted: “The mother who gave birth to you and nursed you has a baraka!” 27
Isa said, “Those who hear the word of Allah and do it have a greater baraka.” 28
People were crowding around him, so Isa started saying: “This generation is an unjust generation. It seeks an ayah, but it will not be given an ayah except for the ayah of Yunis. 29 Yunis was an ayah for the people of the city of Ninevah. Sayyid Al-Bashar will similarly be an ayah for this generation. 30
The queen of Sheba will be resurrected on Yawm Al-Din along with the men of this generation and she will condemn them. She came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Sulayman. But here there is someone greater than Sulayman! 31
The men of Ninevah will be resurrected on Yawm Al-Din with this generation and they will condemn them, because they repented when they heard the warning of Yunis. But here there is someone greater than Yunis! 32
No one lights a lamp and then puts it in a hiding place or under a basket. He puts it on a lamp stand so those who enter will be guided by its light. 33 The lamp of your body is your eye. When your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. When your eye is evil, your body will be filled with darkness. 34 Beware! Do not let the light in you be darkness. 35 But if your whole body is full of light, with no darkness in it, it will all shine, just as you see from the light of a shining lamp.” 36
He was speaking, and one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. So Isa went into his house and reclined at the table. 37
The Pharisee was amazed when he saw that Isa did not wash his hands before the food. 38
Our mawla said to him: “You Pharisees are careful that your glasses and plates are tahir on the outside, but you are full of greed and evil inside. 39 You are fools. Isn’t the Khaliq of the outward form the Khaliq of the inside also? 40 Give zakat for what is inside you, and then everything will be tahir for you. 41
Woe to you Pharisees! You give zakat on mint, thyme, and other herbs, and neglect justice and the love of Allah! Doing the first things is necessary, but you should not neglect the other things. 42
Woe to you Pharisees! You love the front row in the houses of salat, greetings from people, and respect in the markets. 43
Woe to you! You are like unseen graves. People walk over them by accident and become unclean.” 44
A scholar of the Tawrat answered him: “Teacher, by this saying, you insult us, too.” 45
Isa said, “Woe to you also, scholars of the Tawrat! You load people with difficult burdens and do not move even a finger to touch them. 46
Woe to you! You decorate the graves of the anbiya whom your ancestors murdered. 47 By that, you give shahada that you approve of what your ancestors did. They killed the anbiya and you completed their work by building their graves. 48
This is what Allah Al-Hakeem said: I will send them anbiya and rusul. They will kill some of them and persecute some of them. 49
Therefore Allah will hold this generation responsible for shedding the blood of all the anbiya murdered since the beginning of the worlds, 50 starting with the blood of Habil until the blood of Zakariyya, who was murdered between the altar of the haram and the house of Allah. Yes, I tell you that Allah will hold this generation responsible for all this blood. 51
Woe to you, scholars of the Tawrat! You have taken away the key to the door of knowledge. You have not entered the door, and you have prevented those who want to enter from entering.” 52
When Isa left there, the fuqaha and the Pharisees were more furious. They asked many more questions. 53 They wanted to catch him in a word he would say. 54
Surah 12
Meanwhile, the multitudes of ten thousands gathered. There were so many that some of them were stepping on others.
Isa began to teach his hawariyun: “Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 1 Everything covered will be shown, and everything hidden will be made known. 2 What you said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you whispered in small rooms will be announced from the roofs. 3
I tell you, loved ones, do not fear those who kill the body. They have no further power for anything else. 4 But I warn you whom to fear: Fear Allah who kills and has authority to throw you into Jahannam. Yes, I tell you. Fear him! 5 Are five sparrows not sold for only two dirhams? And Allah is not unaware of one of them. 6 But even the hair on your heads is all counted. So do not fear. You are more valuable than many sparrows. 7
Suppose someone supports me in front of men. I tell you that Sayyid Al-Bashar will support him in front of the angels of Allah. 8 But if someone denies me in front of men, I will deny him in front of the angels of Allah. 9 Whoever says a word against Sayyid Al-Bashar can be forgiven, but he who disbelieves in Holy Ruh Allah will never be forgiven for that. 10
If they bring you in front of houses of salat, authorities, and governors, do not worry how to answer them or what to say. 11 Holy Ruh Allah will reveal to you what you should say in that hour.” 12
Someone in the multitude said: “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 13
But Isa told him: “Man, who set me up over you as a judge or a divider?” 14
Then he said to people: “Beware of greediness! Beware of all of its varieties! Life is not merely an abundance of possessions.” 15
He told them a story: “The land of a rich man had a harvest. 16 He told himself: What shall I do? My storehouses are already full of crops. 17 Then he said: I will do this: I will tear down my storehouses and then build bigger storehouses, and store all my crops and yield in it. 18
Then I will tell my soul: ‘Soul, rest, eat, drink, and rejoice. You have bounteous provision prepared in my storehouses for years!’ 19
But Allah told him: ‘Fool, I will make you die tonight. Then who will inherit what you prepared?’ 20 This is the destiny of everyone who stores treasure for himself and is not rich with Allah.” 21
Then Isa told his hawariyun: “Therefore I tell you: Do not worry about your lives (what you eat) or about your bodies (what you wear). 22 Life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 23
Think about the ravens. They do not plant seeds or harvest crops. They have no storehouses, but Allah Al-Muqit, feeds them. Are you not more important that they are? 24
Who among you can lengthen his life by one second by worrying? 25 If you cannot do something easy, why do you worry about anything hard? 26
Think about the lilies and how they grow. They do not spin thread or get tired. But I tell you: Even Sulayman in the height of his majesty never wore clothes like one of them. 27 Allah gives glorious clothing to the grass that remains for one day in the field. The next day it is thrown in the oven. How much more will he give clothing to you people who have little faith? 28
Do not be concerned or worried about what you eat and drink. 29 People in all nations of the world seek these things. But your Malik Al-Rahman knows well your needs. 30 But seek his kingdom, and Allah will provide your needs. 31
Do not fear, little flock! Your Malik Al-Rahman has rida to give you a share in the kingdom! 32 Sell what you own. Give its value to the poor. You will get eternal bags with Allah with imperishable treasures in them. No robber will come near them, and no moth will eat them. 33 Your hearts will be wherever your treasures are. 34
Be ready and dressed for service, with your lamps lit. 35 Be like slaves who are waiting for their master to return from a wedding feast. As soon as he arrives and knocks, they will open the door for him. 36 When their master comes and finds them awake, they will have a baraka. I tell you the truth: Their master will roll up his sleeves, gather them at the table, and serve them! 37 They will have a baraka when he finds them staying up at midnight or just before dawn! 38
Be sure of this: If the owner of the house knew what time the robber was coming, he would not have let his house be robbed. 39 Be ready, because Sayyid Al-Bashar will come to you at a time that you do not expect.” 40
Peter told him: “Our mawla, are you telling this story for us only, or also for all people?” 41
Al-mawla said: “Who is a wise, faithful manager? His master will give him responsibility over his servants, to feed them at the right times. 42 When his master finds that slave doing his work, the slave has a baraka. 43 I tell you a true saying: His master will give him responsibility over all his property. 44
But suppose that slave says to himself: My master will be late coming back. Suppose he starts to beat the male and female slaves, to eat, drink, and get drunk. 45 The master of that slave will return on a day he does not expect, at an hour he does not know. He will tear him in pieces and throw him in Jahannam along with the disbelievers destined for Jahannam! 46 That slave will be beaten severely, because he knew the will of his master and was lazy or disobedient. 47
But the slave who does not know his will and does what deserves a beating will be beaten lightly. If someone has been given much, much will be required from him. Whoever has responsibility for much will be asked for more. 48
I came to cast down fire on the earth. I wish very much that it was burning now! 49 But I must do a ghusl into pain. How it constrains me until it is accomplished! 50 Do you imagine that I came to cast peace on earth? No, but division! 51 From now on, if there are five in a home, they will be divided three against two and two against three. 52 The father will be divided against his son, the mother against her daughter, the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. 53
Then he told the multitude: “When you see a cloud come up in the west, you predict that it will rain, and it rains. 54 If a south wind blows, you predict that it will be hot, and the heat comes. 55 You are hypocrites! You know how to explain the ayat of the sky and the earth. So how can you be jahil about how to explain the ayat of this time? 56 Why can you not judge rightly by yourselves? 57
If you go to court with your opponent, try to reconcile with him while you are on the way. Otherwise, he may drag you to the judge, the judge may turn you over to the policeman, and he may throw you in prison. 58 I tell you, you will not get out until after you have paid the last fils you owe. 59
Surah 13
At that time, some people there told him that the governor Pilate had killed some people of Al-Jalil. Their blood was mixed with the blood of their sacrifices. 1
Isa answered them: “Do you think that those people from Al-Jalil were greater sinners than the rest of the people of Al-Jalil because they died this way? 2 I tell you: No. But if you do not repent, you will all die like they died! 3
Do you think those eighteen people who died when the tower near Siloam pool fell on them were more burdened with sin than the rest of the inhabitants of Al-Quds? 4 I tell you: No. But if you do not repent, you will all die like they died. 5
He told them this story: “The owner of a vineyard planted a fig tree in his vineyard. He came to it many times, wanting figs, but did not find any. 6 He said to the orchard keeper: For three years, I have been coming to this fig tree looking for fruit. I have not found any. Cut it down! Why should we let it waste the ground? 7
But the orchard keeper answered him: Master, give it another year. I will plow the soil and fertilize it. 8 Maybe it will produce fruit in the future. If not, I will cut it down.” 9
Isa was teaching in a house of salat on Al-Sabt. 10 A woman came who was touched by a spirit of illness. It had made her back bent for eighteen years. All that time, she could not stand up straight. 11
When Isa saw her, he called her to come to him and told her: “Woman, you are free from your illness.” 12 Then he put his hands on her and immediately she stood up straight. She started praising the glory of Allah. 13
The ruler of the house of salat was angry at him, because Isa had healed on Al-Sabt. He said to the crowd: “You have six days for work. Come on those days seeking healing. Do not break the boundaries of Al-Sabt.” 14
Our mawla said to him in response: “Hypocrites, does not every one of you on Al-Sabt untie the bonds of his bull or his donkey and lead it from the feeding trough to give it water? 15 This woman, who is a daughter of Ibrahim, was tied up by Al-Shaitan for eighteen years. Was it not necessary that she be freed from these bonds on Al-Sabt?” 16
All his opponents were embarrassed by his words, but the crowds rejoiced at all the glorious ayat that he did. 17
Isa said: “What is the kingdom of Allah like? What shall I compare it to? 18 It is like a mustard seed. A man took it and threw it in his garden. It grew and became a tree. Even birds of the sky made their nests in its branches.” 19
He also said: “To what shall I compare the kingdom of Allah? 20 It is like yeast that a woman took and hid in three measures of dough. Then the yeast made all the dough rise.” 21
Isa passed by the towns and villages, teaching on his way and headed to Al-Quds. 22
A man asked him: “Our mawla, will those who will be blessed with salvation be few?” He told him, 23 “Struggle to enter by the narrow door. I tell you that many will try to enter and will not be able to. 24
As soon as the master of the house gets up and closes the door, you will find yourselves outside, knocking on the door. You will plead with him: Our master, open to us! He will answer you from inside: I do not know where you come from. 25 Then you will begin to say: We ate and drank in front of you, and you taught in our streets! 26 He will tell you: I do not know where you come from. Get away from me, you unjust people! 27
There people will cry and grind their teeth. You will see Ibrahim and Ishaq and Yacoub and the rest of the anbiya in the kingdom of Allah. But you will be thrown outside. 28
People will come from east, west, north and south. They will recline at the feast of the kingdom of Allah. 29 Then the last ones will be first and the first will be last.” 30
At that time, some Pharisees approached him and told him: “Flee from here, because Herod wants to kill you.” 31
But he told them: “Go and tell that fox: Today and tomorrow I will cast out jinn and heal the sick. On the third day I will finish my sirat. 32 But I must continue my travel today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow until I get to Al-Quds. It is impossible that the murder of a nabi would happen outside Al-Quds. 33 Al-Quds, Al-Quds, you kill anbiya and stone rusul! How often I wanted to gather your sons as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you refused! 34 Look! Your house will be deserted! I tell you: you will not see me any more until you say in shahada: The person who comes in the name of Rabb Al-Alamin has a baraka.” 35
Surah 14
On Al-Sabt, Isa went to the house of one of the leading Pharisees to eat there. They were trying to trap him. 1
A man with edema came in front of him. 2 Isa asked the scholars of the Tawrat and the Pharisees: “Is healing on Al-Sabt halal or haraam?” 3
They were silent. Isa took the hand of the sick man, healed him and sent him off. 4
Then he told them: “If one of you has a son or an ox that has fallen into a well, he quickly goes to pull him or it out on Al-Sabt.” 5
They were unable to answer him in this matter. 6
Isa saw how the guests chose seats of honor, and he told them a story. He said: 7 “If someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not sit in the most honored seat. He may have invited someone more important than you. 8 Your host may come and tell you: Give your seat to him! You will be very embarrassed when you go to sit in the lowest seat. 9 Rather, when you are invited, sit in the lowest seat. Then the host will come and tell you: My friend, go up to a more honorable place! Your position will be greater in the sight of everyone seated there. 10
Allah is Khafid of a person who lifts himself up and Rafi’ of a person who humbles himself.” 11
Then Isa said to the host: “If you give a lunch or dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. They may invite you in return. Then you will receive a reward for your good deed. 12 If you give a feast, invite people who are poor, disfigured, lame, and blind. 13 Allah will give you a baraka, because they cannot repay you. You will receive your reward from your Rabb on Yawm Al-Qiyamah along with the righteous.” 14
One of those sitting heard the words of Isa. He said to him: “The person who will eat bread in the kingdom of Allah has a baraka!” 15
Isa told him: “A man gave a big feast and invited many people. 16 He sent his slave at the time of the dinner to tell those who had accepted the invitation: Come now. Everything is totally ready. 17
All those invited started to make excuses. The first said: I have bought a farm, and I must go now and see it. Please excuse me. 18 Another said: I have bought five pairs of oxen, and I am going now to try them out. Please excuse me. 19 Another said: I have a bride and I cannot come. 20
The slave returned and told his master what happened. The master of the house told his slave: Go quickly to the streets and alleys of the city. Bring us people who are poor, disfigured, blind, and lame. 21
The slave returned later and said: Master, I have executed your orders, and there is still more room in the place. 22 The master said to the slave: Go to the roads and paths, and force people to attend, so my home will be filled with guests. 23 I tell you: No one who was invited will taste a bite of my feast!” 24
Large crowds accompanied Isa. He turned to them and said: 25 “Suppose someone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life. He cannot be one of my followers. 26 Whoever does not sacrifice himself, following the example of my death on the cross, cannot be one of my disciples. 27
Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Does he not first sit and calculate the expenses to see if he can finish it? 28 Otherwise, he will lay a foundation and will not be able to finish it. Everyone who sees the tower will mock him and say: 29 ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish it!’ 30
Suppose a king wants to go to war against another king who is coming against him with twenty thousand soldiers. Will he not sit down first and take counsel if he is able to face him with his army of ten thousand? 31 Otherwise, he will send a delegation to his enemy while he is still far away. He will ask for conditions of peace. 32
So none of you can be my follower unless he renounces everything he owns. 33
Salt is good, but if the salt is spoiled, how can its salty flavor be restored? 34 It is useless for the ground and for fertilizer. It is thrown outside. Everyone who has ears should listen.” 35
Surah 15
All the tax collectors and sinners came close to Isa and listened to him. 1 But the Pharisees and fuqaha grumbled, “He receives sinners and eats with them!” 2
Isa told them this story: 3 “Suppose one of you has one hundred sheep, and one sheep is lost. Does he not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness to look for the lost sheep until he finds it? 4 When he finds it, he will carry it on his shoulders. 5 He will bring it back to the house and gather his friends and neighbors. He will say to them: “Rejoice with me. I found my lost sheep! 6
I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven when someone repents after going astray than from ninety-nine righteous people who do not need repentance. 7
If a woman loses one of her ten dinars, will she not light a lamp and sweep the house and look for it eagerly until she finds it? 8 When she does find it, she will gather her friends and neighbors and tell them: Rejoice with me, because I found the lost dinar! 9
So I tell you that there will be joy in the presence of the angels when one person repents from going astray.” 10
Then Isa said: “A man had two sons. 11 The younger son said to his father: Father, give me my share of the inheritance now. So the father divided all his possessions between them. 12
In a few days, the younger son gathered all his inheritance and traveled to a far country. There he wasted his money in expensive living. 13
After he had spent all his money, that country had a severe famine, so he was needy. 14 So he went and attached himself to a man of that country. The man sent him into his fields to be a pig herder. 15 He was so hungry that he wished he could fill his stomach with the carob that the pigs were eating. No one gave him anything. 16
Then he came to his senses and said: My father has many workers who have more than enough food. I am dying here from hunger! 17 I will get up and return to my father. I will tell him: ‘Father, I have sinned against Allah and against you. 18 I am not worthy to be called your son. Hire me as one of your workers.’ 19
So he got up and returned to his father. His father saw him coming from far away and had compassion on him. He ran to his son and hugged him and kissed him. 20
His son told him: ‘Father, I have sinned against Allah and against you. I am not worthy to be called your son any more.’ 21
But the father commanded his slaves: ‘Go quickly and bring the most elegant robe and put it on him. Put a ring on his finger and shoes on his feet! 22 Bring the feed calf and slaughter it so we can eat and celebrate. 23 This son of mine was dead and he lives. He was lost and is found!’ They started celebrating. 24
The older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard singing and dancing. 25
He called one of the servants and asked him what was happening. 26 He told him: ‘Your brother came and your father slaughtered the feed calf because he returned safely.’ 27
He became angry and did not want to enter. So his father went out and begged him. 28
But he answered his father: ‘Listen! Like a slave I have served you for a long time. I did not disobey one of your orders. But you did not give me even a young goat to celebrate with my friends. 29 But this son of yours wasted his possessions with prostitutes. Then he came and you slaughtered the feed calf!’ 30
He said, ‘Son, you are with me always. All I have is yours. 31 But we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and is alive. He went astray and is found.’” 32
Surah 16
He also told his hawariyun: “A rich man heard that his manager was wasting his money. 1 So he called him and asked him: What is this I hear about you? Give me the accounts of your management position. You are not worthy to remain as my manager. 2
The manager said to himself: What can I do, when my master takes away my management position? I am not strong enough to work on a farm, and I am ashamed to beg. 3 I know what I will do when my position as manager is taken away from me. People will receive me into their homes! 4
He called each person who was in debt to his master, one by one.
He asked the first: How much do you owe my master? 5 He said: One hundred barrels of oil. The manager told him: Take your note, sit down quickly, and change it to fifty. 6
Then he asked another: How about you? How much do you owe? He said: One hundred measures of wheat. The manager told him: Take your note and change it to eighty. 7
His master commended the cleverness of the sneaky steward when he heard what he had done. Sons of this world are smarter than sons of light in their dealings with their generation. 8 I tell you: Make friendships using the money of injustice so that you will be welcomed in the eternal dwellings when money passes away. 9
A person who is faithful in little is faithful in much, also. A person who betrays in little will betray in much. 10 If you betray in money of injustice which passes away, who will entrust you with truth which is lasting? 11 If you betray in what belongs to someone else, who will entrust you with what is yours? 12
A slave cannot serve two masters. Either he will love one of them and hate the other or he will be devoted to one of them and despise the other. You cannot worship Allah and the god of money together.” 13
The Pharisees heard what he said and they mocked him, because they loved money. 14
Isa told them: “You justify yourselves in front of people, but Allah knows what is in your hearts. What people consider honorable is detested by Allah. 15
The era of the Tawrat and the scrolls of the anbiya lasted until the time of Yahya. Since that time, the good news of the kingdom of Allah is proclaimed. Many are struggling to enter it. 16 But making heaven and the earth disappear would be easier than making one dot from the kitab disappear. 17
Whoever divorces his wife and marries another wife commits adultery. Whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. 18
A rich man wore fancy purple robes and soft linen. He enjoyed rich feasts every day. 19 There was a poor beggar at his door named Lazarus. His skin was covered with sores. 20 He wanted desperately to eat the crumbs that fell from the table of the rich man. The dogs licked his wounds. 21
Lazarus died, and the angels carried him to the lap of Ibrahim. Then the rich man died and was buried. 22
He was suffering the torture of the grave and he looked up. He saw Ibrahim with Lazarus in his lap. 23 He called, “Father Ibrahim, have mercy on me. Send Lazarus to moisten the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am being tortured in this flame. 24
Ibrahim said: Son, remember that you received barakat in your earthly life. Lazarus received evil and misfortunes. Now he is comforted and you are being tortured. 25 In addition, Allah has placed between us and you a great barrier. Those who want to cross from here to you cannot, nor can they cross from there to us. 26
The rich man said: Father, then please send him to the household of my father. 27 I have five brothers, and he can warn them so they will not come to this place of torture. 28
But Ibrahim told him: They have the book of Musa and the scrolls of the anbiya. Let them listen to them. 29
He answered them: No, Father Ibrahim. But if someone is resurrected from the dead and goes to them, they will repent! 30
But Ibrahim told him: If they do not listen to the words of Musa and the anbiya, they will not be convinced even if someone among them is resurrected from the dead.” 31
Surah 17
Isa told his followers: “Temptations must come, but woe to the one who is the source of them. 1 Suppose someone misleads one of these little ones. It would be better for him for a grindstone to be tied to his neck and for him to be thrown in the sea. 2
Pay attention to yourselves! If your brother does something bad to you, rebuke him. If he repents, pardon him. 3 Suppose he does something bad to you seven times every day and returns to you seven times and says: ‘I have sinned against you and I repent.’ Then you must pardon him.” 4
Then the hawariyun said to their mawla: “Please increase our trust!” 5
Their mawla said: “If the amount of your trust was like a mustard seed, you would tell a berry tree: be uprooted and be planted in the sea. And it would obey you. 6
If one of your slaves returns from his work plowing or herding sheep, would you tell him as soon as he arrives: Please have a seat at the table? 7 No. You will order him: Prepare my dinner and serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink. 8
Must the master thank his slave for obeying his orders? 9 So if you do everything you were ordered to, say: Slaves deserve no thanks for doing what they have to do. We only did what we had to do.” 10
Then Isa passed between Samaria and Al-Jalil on his way to Al-Quds. 11
He entered a village in front of him and ten people suffering from leprosy met him. They were standing far away. 12
Then they cried out for help: “Isa, our master, have mercy on us!” 13
Isa looked at them and told them: “Go and show yourselves to the ahbar of the house of Allah.” So they went. As they were on the way, they were all healed and made tahir. 14
One of them returned as soon as he saw that he had been healed. He loudly praised the glory of Allah. 15 He threw himself on his face at the feet of Isa, giving thanks. He was a Samaritan. 16
Isa answered him: “Did not ten people get healed and become tahir? Where are the other nine people? 17 Did no one among them return and praise Allah for his grace except this foreigner?” 18
Then he told him: “Get up, and go on your way. Your trust has healed you.” 19
The Pharisees asked him one day when the kingdom of Allah would appear. He answered: “The kingdom of Allah will not come with visible ayat. 20
People will not say: ‘Here it is!’ or ‘There it is!’ Truly the kingdom of Allah is in your midst.” 21
He said to his followers: “Days will come when you will want to see one day of the days of Sayyid Al-Bashar. But you will not see it. 22
People will say: ‘He is here!’ or ‘He is there!’ But do not go out and follow them. 23
Sayyid Al-Bashar in his day will appear like the lightning that shines. The light of lightning reaches the horizons of the earth. 24 But he must first suffer many pains and be rejected by this generation. 25
The way it was in the days of Nuh is the way it will it be in the days of Sayyid Al-Bashar: 26 People kept eating and drinking, marrying and getting married, until the day Nuh entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. 27
It was the same in the days of Lut. They were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. 28 But on the day Lut went out of the city of Sodom, Allah sent down fire and sulfur on them and destroyed them all. 29 It will be the same on the day Sayyid Al-Bashar appears. 30
On that day, anyone on the roof should not go down to get his things from the house. Anyone in the field should not return. 31 Remember the wife of Lut! 32
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it. Whoever loses his life will keep it. 33
I tell you that in that night, two people will be sleeping on one bed. One of them will be taken and the other one will be left. 34 Two women will meet at the wheat mill. 35 One of them will be taken and the other one will be left.” 36
They answered him: “Where is that, our mawla?” He said to them: “Birds of prey gather around a corpse.” 37
Surah 18
He told them a story about the need to continue to pray in dua’ without being disappointed. 1
He said: “There was a judge in a city that did not fear Allah and did not respect men. 2 A widow in that city came to him and was urgent: Please give me justice from my unjust opponent! 3
He refused for a while, but finally said to himself: I do not fear Allah and I do not respect men. 4 However, this woman bothers me. Therefore I will give her justice or she will keep coming and make me exhausted.” 5
Our mawla said: “Listen to what the unjust judge says! 6 Will Allah not give justice to his chosen people who cry out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer? 7 I tell you that he will give them justice quickly. But when Sayyid Al-Bashar returns, will he find people who trust on earth?” 8
Then Isa told a story to people who thought that they were righteous and who hated others. 9
He said, “Two men went into the house of Allah to do salat. One of them was a Pharisee and the other was a detested tax collector. 10
The Pharisee stood and prayed a dua’ about himself. He said: Allah, I praise you that I am not like other people – robbers, unjust people, and adulterers – nor like this detestable tax collector. 11 I have vowed to do sawm two days a week, and I always give a zakat of a tenth of all my income. 12
But the detested tax collector stood in the last row. He did not raise his eyes to heaven. He prayed in dua’ and beat his breast. He said: Allah, expiate my sins. I am the worst of sinners! 13
I tell you that Allah had rida in this tax collector, who went down to his house accepted by Allah. This was not the case for the Pharisee. Allah is Khafid of the one who raises himself up and Rafi’ the one who humbles himself.” 14
People brought their children to him so that he would touch them. When the hawariyun saw them, they started to rebuke them. 15
But Isa called the children to him. He said: “Let the children come to me and do not forbid them. The kingdom of Allah belongs to people like these little ones. 16 I tell you a true saying: Whoever does not receive the kingdom of Allah like a child will not enter it at all.” 17
A leader of Al-Yahud asked him, “Righteous teacher, what shall I do to inherit a share in eternal spiritual life?” 18
Isa said to him, “Why do you call me righteous? No one is righteous except Allah alone. 19 You know the commandments of the Tawrat: Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not say false shahada, honor your father and mother.” 20
He answered, “I have kept all these since I was young.” 21
When he heard that, Isa told him, “You only need one thing: Sell everything you have and give alms with the money to the poor. You will have a treasure in Al-Janna. Then come and follow me.” 22
But when he heard that, he was very sad, because he was very rich. 23
Isa saw it and said, “It is very hard for rich people to enter the kingdom of Allah! 24 A camel going through the eye of a needle is easier than a rich man entering the kingdom of Allah.” 25
Those listening said, “So who can be saved?” 26
He answered them: “What is impossible for man is easy to Allah Al-Aly.” 27
Peter said: “We have left everything we had and followed you.” 28
He told him, “I tell you a true saying: Suppose someone has left a house, wife, brothers, parents, or children for the sake of the kingdom of Allah. 29 He will be rewarded with many times more in this world. In the hereafter, his reward will be eternal spiritual life in Al-Janna.” 30
Isa got alone with his twelve hawariyun and told them: “We are going to Al-Quds. Allah will fulfill everything that is written in the scrolls of the anbiya about Sayyid Al-Bashar. 31 He will be delivered to the nations of the kuffar and they will mock him, dishonor him, spit on him, 32 whip him, and kill him. Then on the third day he will be resurrected alive.” 33
But the hawariyun did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not realize what he said. 34
When Isa came close to Jericho, a blind man was sitting next to the road and begging. 35 When he heard the multitude passing, he asked about the reason. 36 They told him that Isa Al-Nasiri was passing by. 37
He started to shout: “Isa, Ibn Dawood, have mercy on me!” 38
Those walking by in the front rebuked him so that he would be silent. But he screamed even louder: “Ibn Dawood, have mercy on me!” 39
Isa stopped and told them to bring him to him. When he approached him, Isa asked him, 40 “What do you want me to do for you?”
He said, “Master, I want to see again.” 41
So Isa told him, “See. Your trust in me has healed you.” 42
Immediately he could see and he followed him, praising the glory of Allah. All the people praised Allah when they saw that. 43
Surah 19
Isa entered Jericho and was passing through. 1
The detested chief tax collector was there. His name was Zacchaeus. He was rich. 2 He tried to see Isa, but he could not see him because he was short and there was a crowd. 3 He ran to a sycamore tree by the way Isa was coming and climbed it to see him. 4
When Isa reached the tree, he looked up to him and told him: “Zacchaeus, come down quickly. I must stay as a guest with you in your house today.” 5
So he came down quickly and received him gladly. 6 Everyone murmured at what they saw: “He has gone to be a guest with a sinful man!” 7
Zacchaeus got up and said to our mawla: “My mawla, I will give half of what I own to the poor. I will repay the money I have gotten unjustly four times as much!” 8
Isa told him: “Today saving mercy has come down to this household, because he is a son of Ibrahim also! 9 Sayyid Al-Bashar came to search for the lost and to save them.” 10
The crowds were listening to these matters. So he told them a story because they were approaching Al-Quds. They thought that the kingdom of Allah would appear immediately. 11
He said: “A prince traveled to a far country to be crowned king, and then he would return back. 12
Before he left, he summoned ten of his slaves. He delivered a gold dinar to each one of them and told them: Trade with this money for me until I return. 13
But his people hated him. They sent a delegation after him, saying: We do not want this man to be king over us! 14
He returned after being crowned king, and he ordered the slaves who were entrusted with the money to be summoned. He wanted to see how much each one had gained by his trading. 15
The first one came and said, ‘Master, your dinar has earned ten times as much.’ 16 He told him, ‘What a good slave you are! You were faithful in a little. So you will be a governor over ten cities.’ 17
The second came and said, ‘Master, your dinar has earned five dinars.’ 18 He said to him also, ‘You will be a governor over five cities.’ 19
The third said, ‘Master, this is your dinar. I hid it for you in a cloth to protect it. 20 I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You take what you did not invest, and you harvest what you did not plant.’ 21
The king told him, ‘You evil slave, by your own words I will condemn you. Did you know me as harsh, taking what I did not invest and harvesting what I did not plant? 22 Then why did you not put my money in the bank? Then I could have gotten it back with interest when I returned?’ 23
Then he ordered his guards, ‘Take the dinar from him and give it to the one who has ten dinars.’ 24
But they told him: ‘Our master, he has ten gold dinars!’ 25
He answered, ‘I tell you: whoever has will be given more. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. 26 And bring me my enemies, who did not want me as king over them. Then kill them in front of me!’” 27
After those words, Isa went forward, going up toward Al-Quds. 28
He approached the two villages of Bethphage and Bethany near The Mount of Olives. Then he sent two of his hawariyun. 29 He told them, “Go to the village that is in front of you. There you will find a donkey that is tied up. No one has ever ridden it. Untie it and bring it here. 30 Suppose someone asks you: Why are you untying it? Answer him: Our mawla needs it.” 31
The two hawariyun went and found the donkey, just as Isa had told them. 32
When they were untying the donkey, its owners said to them, “Why are you untying the donkey?” 33
They answered, “Our mawla needs it.” 34
They brought it to Isa, and his followers threw their coats on the donkey and seated Isa on it. 35 As he was riding, his followers put their coats on the road to honor him. 36 Then he approached the slope of The Mount of Olives. The whole crowd of his followers started shouting praises to Allah with gladness because of the works of power they had seen. 37
They said, “The King who comes in the name of Rabb Al-Alamin has baraka! Peace in heaven and glory to Allah in the highest!” 38
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd told him, “Teacher, rebuke your followers for these words.” 39
Isa answered them, “I tell you, if these followers were silent, the stones would shout!” 40
When he came near the city and saw it, he cried about it. 41 He said, “I wish you knew the way to peace, even in this day of yours! But it is hidden from your eyes. 42 Days will come when your enemies will surround you. They will surround you and press you in from every side. 43 They will crush you and your children. They will not leave one stone on top of another stone. This is because you did not know the time when the helper was coming to you! 44
Then Isa entered the house of Allah. He started casting out the traders from it. 45
He told them: “Allah revealed in his kitab: My house will be a house of salat. But you made it a cave of thieves!” 46
He was teaching the people daily in the house of Allah. The leading ahbar and fuqaha and the leaders of Al-Yahud tried to assassinate him. 47 But they could not find a way, because the multitude of Al-Yahud loved to listen to him. 48
Surah 20
One day, Isa was teaching the people in the house of Allah and telling them good news. The leading ahbar and fuqaha and the sheikhs of the people confronted him. 1
They told him, “Answer us! What authority do you use to do these things? Who gave you this authority?” 2
He said in reply, “I will ask you a question, too. Answer me: 3 Was the ghusl of repentance that Yahya did from Allah or from humans?” 4
They consulted among themselves, saying, “If we say: ‘From Allah,’ he will say, ‘Why did you not believe him?’ 5 And if we say, ‘From humans,’ all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that Yahya is a nabi.” 6
So they answered him that they did not know where it was from. 7 So Isa told them, “I will not inform you about the source of my authority either.” 8
Isa told this story to the people,
“A man planted a vineyard. Then he rented it to farmers and traveled for a long time. 9
When it was time to pick the grapes, he sent a slave to the farmers to give him his share of the fruit. But the farmers beat him and sent him back empty-handed. 10 Then he sent another slave. They beat him, dishonored him, and sent him back empty-handed. 11 Then he sent a third slave. They wounded him and threw him out. 12
Then the owner of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. Maybe they will respect him. 13
But when the farmers saw him, they discussed the matter among themselves, saying: This is the heir. Let us kill him so that we can possess the inheritance! 14 So they threw him out of the vineyard and murdered him.
What do you think the owner of the vineyard will do to them? 15 He will come and destroy the farmers and give the vineyard to others!”
The listeners said: “May Allah not permit that!” 16
But he looked at them and said: “Then what does the Zabur mean? ‘The stone that the builders rejected became the top of the building.’ 17 Everyone who falls on this stone will be crushed. The stone will crush anyone it falls on.” 18
The fuqaha and the leading ahbar tried to arrest him at that time, because they perceived that he was talking about them them in the story he had told. But they were afraid of the people. 19
So they watched him and sent him spies who pretended to be reverent. They wanted to catch him with a word and turn him over to the authority of the Roman governor for his sentence. 20
The spies said to him, “Teacher, we know that you teach us the truth. You do not show partiality. You teach Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqim of Allah in truth. 21 So is it halal for us to pay the jizya to Caesar or not?” 22
He realized their cunning and told them: 23 “Show me a dinar.” Then he asked them: “Whose are this picture and slogan?” They said, “Caesar’s.” 24
So he told them, “Then give Caesar what Caesar is due, and give Allah what Allah is due.” 25
They were not able to catch him with a single word in front of the people. They were amazed at his answers and were silent. 26
The Sadducees deny Yawm Al-Qiyamah. Some of came to him and asked him, 27 “Teacher, Musa made a regulation for us in the Tawrat: Suppose a man is married but has no children. If he dies, his brother must marry the widow to produce children for his dead brother. 28
There were seven brothers. The oldest one got married and died without children. 29 The second married her. 30 Then the third, and so on. All seven died and had no children. 31 Finally the woman died, too. 32
In the hereafter at the resurrection, whose wife will she be? All seven married her.” 33
Isa told them, “Marriage is for the sons of this world. 34 But there is no marriage for those who have a portion in the hereafter after they have been resurrected from the dead. 35 They cannot die any more after that. They will live forever like angels, for they are amirs of Allah, because they have been resurrected alive. 36
As for the resurrection of the dead, Musa showed it clearly in the verse of the fire in the bush. It says that Rabb Al-Alamin is the Rabb of Ibrahim and the Rabb of Ishaq and the Rabb of Yacoub. 37 Allah is not the Rabb of dead people. He is the Rabb of living people. All people are alive with him.” 38
Some of the fuqaha said: “Teacher, your words were well said!” 39 After that, no one dared to ask him anything. 40
So Isa asked them: “How can people say that the awaited Al-Masih is Ibn Dawood? 41 For Dawood himself, by inspiration of Allah, said about him in the Zabur: ‘Al-Mawla said to my mawla, sit at my right hand 42 until I place your enemies under your feet.’ 43 If Dawood calls him ‘My mawla,’ how can he be his son?” 44
He told his followers in the hearing of the multitude, 45 “Beware of the fuqaha, because they love to walk around with long religious robes, to receive greetings and respect from people in the markets, to stand in the first row in the houses of salat, and to sit in the seats of honor in the feasts. 46 But they devour houses of widows and make long salat so that they may appear reverent. Their punishment will be harsh on Yawm Al-Din!” 47
Surah 21
Then he looked and saw the rich people putting their donations into the treasury of the house of Allah. 1 He also saw a poor widow give two fils. 2
He said, “I tell you a true saying: This poor widow has donated more than everyone else. 3 Everyone threw in a small portion of their excess. But she gave all her livelihood, despite her poverty.” 4
Some people began to speak of how the house of Allah was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to Allah. Isa said, 5 “Days will come when nothing you see will be left with one stone on top of another, but all of them will be destroyed. “ 6
They asked him: “Teacher, when will these ayat happen? What is the ayah that precedes their coming?” 7
He spoke to them, “Beware that you are not led astray! Many will come claiming in my name: “I am he! The hour has come close!” Do not follow them. 8 Do not be afraid when you hear of wars and disturbances. These are things that must happen first, but the end will not follow immediately.” 9
Then he told them, “One nation will attack another nation, and one kingdom will attack another kingdom. 10 Severe earthquakes, famines, and plagues will happen in many countries on earth. Terrifying sights and great ayat will appear in the sky. 11
Before all these events, they will arrest you, persecute you, turn you over for trial at houses of salat, send you to prisons, and accuse you in front of kings and governors because of my name. 12 These will be your opportunities to give a shahada about me. 13
Be calm in your hearts and do not prepare a defense for yourselves beforehand. 14 I will give you words and wisdom your adversaries will not be to resist or contradict. 15
Your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends will betray you, and they will execute some of you. 16 All people will hate you because of my name. 17
But not one hair from your heads will be destroyed. 18 Gain your souls by your firm patience. 19
But when you see Al-Quds surrounded by armies, know that its destruction is near. 20 On that day, whoever is in Yahudia should flee to the mountains. Whoever is in the city should leave it. Whoever is in a rural area should not go into the city. 21 These are days of revenge. Allah will fulfill everything that he wrote about it. 22
Woe to women who are pregnant and nursing in those days. Harsh disaster will be on all this land. The anger of Allah will be on this people! 23
Some of them will be killed with the sword. Others will be taken as captives to all nations of the kuffar. 24
Ayat will appear in the sun, moon and stars. Nations will be astounded and puzzled at the sounds and raging of the seas. 25 People will faint in fear and terror at what is happening to the world. The powers of heaven will be shaken. 26
At that time, they will see Sayyid Al-Bashar coming in the clouds, mighty, glorious, and majestic. 27 When these ayat begin to happen, stand up and lift your heads. Your redemption is near!” 28
Then he told them a story, “Look at the fig tree, and all trees. 29 When their leaves appear, it is an obvious ayah to you that summer is near. 30
When you see all these ayat happen, know that the kingdom of Allah is near. 31 I tell you a true saying: This generation will not disappear until all these things happen. 32 Heaven and earth will disappear, but my words will never disappear. 33
Watch out for yourselves. Do not let your hearts be exhausted with cares, drunkenness, and worries of this world. If you do, that day may surprise you. 34 It will come as a trap for all inhabitants of the world. 35
Watch always. Beg Allah that you can flee from everything that happens and stand, accepted in front of Sayyid Al-Bashar.” 36
Isa was teaching in the house of Allah during the day. At night, he would leave Al-Quds and stay on The Mount of Olives. 37 All the people would come to him in the house of Allah early in the morning to hear him. 38
Surah 22
The Eid of Unleavened Bread, called the Eid of Pardon, was near. 1 The leading ahbar and the fuqaha were trying to find a way to kill Isa. They were afraid of the positive response of the people to him. 2
Al-Shaitan entered Yahuda Iscariot, one of the twelve hawariyun. 3 So Yahuda went to the leading ahbar and officers of the house of Allah, and spoke to them about his delivering Isa to them. 4
They were happy and agreed to pay him money. 5 He agreed and started to look for an opportunity to betray him in the absence of the crowds. 6
It was the first day of the Eid of Unleavened Bread, when the lamb of the Eid of Pardon was sacrificed. 7 Isa sent Peter and John and said, “Go and prepare the dinner of the Eid of Pardon so we can eat.” 8
They said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare it?” 9
He told them: “Enter the city. You will meet a man carrying a jar of water. Follow him to the house he enters. 10 Tell the owner of the house: The teacher says: Where is the guest room where I can eat the dinner of the Eid of Pardon with my followers, the hawariyun? 11
He will take you up to a large, furnished room. Prepare our dinner there.” 12
They went and found everything as Isa had told them, so they prepared the dinner of the Eid of Pardon. 13
When the hour came, Isa reclined at the table with the hawariyun. 14
He told them: “I have really wanted to eat this dinner of the Eid of Pardon with you before I suffer my pains. 15 I tell you, I will not eat it again until its reality is fulfilled in the kingdom of Allah.” 16
Then he took a cup and praised Allah. He said: “Take this and divide it among yourselves. 17 I tell you that I will not drink from the fruit of the vineyard from now until the kingdom of Allah comes.” 18
Then he took a loaf and praised Allah. He broke it and gave it to them. He said: “This is my body which I will sacrifice as a ransom for you. Do this in my remembrance.” 19
In the same way, he took the cup after dinner and said: “This cup is the new covenant of Allah confirmed with my blood that is shed as a ransom for you. 20 But the hand of my betrayer is with me on this table. 21 The death of Sayyid Al-Bashar is a predestined matter, but woe to my betrayer!” 22
The hawariyun asked each other which one of them would do that. 23
Then they argued about who of them was the greatest. 24
He told them: “Kings of the nations of kuffar rule over their nations. Those in power are called benefactors. 25 But do not imitate them. Let the greatest one of you take the lowest position. Let the leader among you be a servant to you. 26 Is the person who reclines at the table greater, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you like one who serves. 27
You are those who have stood by me in my trials. 28 Al-Malik Al-Wadud has given me a kingdom. I will also give you a kingdom. 29 You will eat and drink at my table in my kingdom. You will sit on thrones to judge the twelve tribes of Bani Israil.” 30
Then our mawla said, “Simon, Simon, Al-Shaitan demanded to beat you like a farmer beats wheat. 31 But I have prayed for you, so that your trust would not perish. Peter, when you return to me and repent, make your brothers firm.” 32
Simon answered him: “My mawla, I am ready to go with you to prison and to death!” 33
Isa said: “Peter, I tell you that before the rooster calls at dawn, you will deny three times that you know me.” 34
Isa told him: “When I sent you without money, a bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said: “No.” 35
He told them: “But now, whoever has money should take it. Whoever has a bag should carry it. Whoever does not have a sword should sell his coat and buy one. 36 I tell you that what Allah revealed in the kitab will be fulfilled: ‘They considered him one of the disobedient.’ Everything about me must be fulfilled in truth.” 37
They said: “Our mawla, look! Here are two swords. He told them: “Enough!” 38
Then Isa went out, as was his custom, to The Mount of Olives. The hawariyun followed him. 39
When he arrived to the place, he told them: “Ask Allah for help so you will not fall into temptation.” 40
Then he went a short distance away from them and knelt, praying in dua’: 41 “Al-Malik Al-Wadud, if it is your will, take this cup from me. But let your will happen, not my will.” 42
Allah aided him by an angel that appeared to him and strengthened him. 43
Then he struggled while praying in dua’ and was hard-pressed. His sweat was like drops of blood dripping from him on the ground. 44 When he got up from praying in dua’, he returned to the hawariyun and found them sleeping because they were extremely sad. 45
He said to them: “Why are you sleeping? Get up and ask Allah for help, so you will not fall into temptation.” 46
While he was speaking, Yahuda, one of the twelve hawariyun, appeared. He was leading a gang. He came near Isa to kiss him. 47
Isa said to him: “Yahuda, will you betray Sayyid Al-Bashar with a kiss?” 48
The rest of his followers saw what was happening. They asked him: “Our mawla, shall we strike them with the sword?” 49
One of them attacked the slave of the chief habr and cut off his right ear. 50
Isa said: “Enough!” He touched the ear of the slave and healed him. 51
Then Isa said to the leading ahbar, officers of the guards of the house of Allah and the sheikhs of the people who came toward him: “Have you come out armed with swords and sticks to arrest me like a thief? 52 I was with you daily in the house of Allah, and you did not arrest me there. But this is your hour, when the power of darkness reigns.” 53
They arrested Isa and led him to the house of the chief habr. Peter followed from far away. 54
The guards lit a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat together. Peter sat among them. 55
A slave girl saw him as he was sitting in front of the fire. She looked carefully at him and said, “This man was also with Isa.” 56
But he denied it, “I do not know him, woman!” 57
After a little while, another person saw him and said, “You are also one of them.” Peter said, “No, man!” 58
After an hour, another person insisted: “Certainly this man was with him, because he is also from Al-Jalil.” 59
But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” As he was speaking, the rooster called. 60
Then Isa turned and looked at Peter.
Then Peter remembered the word of his mawla when he told him, “Before the rooster calls at dawn, you will deny me three times!” 61 So he went out and cried bitterly. 62
The guards started to mock Isa and beat him. 63 Then they blindfolded his eyes and started to say to him, “Nabi, prophesy to us! Who hit you?” 64
They insulted him with many other curses. 65
At dawn, the sheikhs of the people met. These were the leading ahbar and the fuqaha, and they led him to their highest council. 66
They said to him: “If you are the expected Al-Masih, tell us!” He told them: “If I tell you, you will not believe me. 67 If I ask you, you will not answer me. 68 But from now on, Sayyid Al-Bashar will sit at the right hand of Allah Al-Qadeer!” 69
They all said: “So you are the beloved Amir of Allah?” He told them: “You said it. I am he.” 70
They said: “Why do we need other witnesses? All of us have heard the words of his mouth!” 71
Surah 23
Then all the highest council stood up and took him to the Roman governor, Pilate. 1
They began to accuse Isa. They said: “We found that this man corrupts our people and stirs them up to stop paying the jizya to Caesar. He claims that he is the expected Al-Masih, the King!” 2
Pilate interrogated him. He asked: “Are you the king of Al-Yahud?” He told him in answer: “You said it.” 3
Pilate said to the leading ahbar and the crowds: “I do not find any reason for accusing this man.” 4
But they insisted. They said: “He stirs up the people by what he teaches in Yahudia, starting from the province of Al-Jalil to here.” 5
When Pilate heard that, he asked if he was from Al-Jalil. 6 After he realized that he was from the province of Herod, Pilate sent him to Herod, who was in Al-Quds in those days. 7
Herod was so happy when he saw Isa that he was shaking. He had heard about him previously. For a long time, he had wanted to see him perform an ayah. 8
He asked him about many things. But Isa did not answer him at all. 9
Meanwhile, the leading ahbar and fuqaha were standing and accusing him harshly. 10 Then Herod and his soldiers started mocking him and making fun of him. After that, to mock him, they put an ornate robe on him and returned him to Pilate. 11
Herod and Pilate had been enemies, but they became friends that day. 12
Then Pilate told the leading ahbar and leaders of the people, 13 “You brought me this man and accused him of misleading the people. I interrogated him in front of you and did not find this man guilty of any of your accusations! 14 Herod also issued the same verdict and returned him to us. He did not do anything that deserves execution! 15 I will whip him and let him go.” 16
But the crowd shouted with one voice: 17 “Away with this man! Release Barabbas for us!” 18
Barabbas was imprisoned for starting a riot in Al-Quds and for murder. 19
But Pilate wanted to let Isa go free. So he spoke to them a second time. 20
But they shouted: “Crucify him! Crucify him!” 21
He asked them a third time: “Why? What crime has he committed? I did not find a reason to condemn him to execution. So I will whip him and release him.” 22
But they shouted as loud as they could, insisting on their demand to have him crucified. Their shouting succeeded in the end. 23
Pilate gave sentence to execute him as they had demanded. 24 He released the one they asked for, the prisoner who was a murderer and rioter. He delivered Isa to their will. 25
As they were taking Isa outside for execution, they grabbed Simon from Cyrene coming from the countryside. They put the cross on his back to carry it behind Isa. 26
A huge multitude of the people followed him, including sad women mourning and crying for him. 27
Isa turned to them and told them, “Daughters of Al-Quds, do not cry for me. Cry for yourselves and your children. 28 The days are coming when they will say: The barren woman, who has not been pregnant and has not nursed, has a baraka. 29 Then people will say to the mountains: Fall on us! And to the hills: Cover us! 30 If they do this to the green branch, what will happen when it is dry?” 31
They led two criminals to be executed with him. 32
When they reached the place called the skull, they crucified him there with the two criminals, one on his right and the other on his left. 33
Isa prayed in dua’: “Al-Malik Al-Wadud, forgive them, because they are jahil about what they are doing!”
The soldiers divided his clothes by choosing lots. 34
The people stood looking. Their leaders were mocking him, “He saved others. Let him save himself, if he is really the expected Al-Masih, Al-Mustafa of Allah!” 35
Then the soldiers came to him and mocked him also. They offered him vinegar. 36 They said, “If you are really the king of Al-Yahud, save yourself!” 37
Above him, a sign said, “This is the king of Al-Yahud.” 38
One of the criminals hanging next to him started to curse him: “Aren’t you expected Al-Masih? Save yourself and us!” 39
The second rebuked him, “Do you not fear Allah? You are condemned with the same punishment. 40 We deserve our punishment for our crimes. But this man has no guilt!” 41
Then he said, “Isa, remember me when you come in your kingdom!” 42
He told him, “I tell you a true saying: Today you will be with me in Firdaus.” 43
The time was about noon, and darkness covered the whole earth until mid-afternoon. 44 The sun was darkened. Then the curtain of the haram of the house of Allah was torn in two pieces. 45 Isa shouted loudly: “My Malik Al-Wadud, I place my Ruh into your hands!” Then he breathed his last breath. 46
The Roman officer saw what happened, and he praised Allah. He said, “This man was really innocent and righteous!” 47
The multitudes crowded to watch the scene. When they saw what happened, they all returned, beating their chests. 48 But the acquaintances of Isa and the women who followed him from Al-Jalil stood looking from afar. 49
One of the members of the highest council was a righteous, reverent man named Yusif. 50 Yusif was from the town of Arimathea in Yahudia. He did not agree to what they had done. He was expecting the kingdom of Allah. 51
He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Isa. 52
Then he took the body down from the cross, wrapped it in a linen grave cloth, and put it into a grave dug in the rock. No one had been put in it before. 53
That Friday was the day of preparation for the Eid. Al-Sabt was almost beginning. 54 The women who went out with him from Al-Jalil followed Yusif and saw the grave and how the body was placed. 55 Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. All day they did not work on Al-Sabt, as Allah commanded. 56
Surah 24
The women came to the grave Sunday at dawn. They brought the spices they had prepared. 1
They found that the stone that had sealed the entrance was rolled away from the tomb. 2 They entered, but they did not find the body of our mawla Isa. 3
While they were wondering about this matter, two men suddenly stood beside them. They were wearing shining clothing. 4
The women were terrified and they bowed their heads to the ground. The two men told them, “Why do you look for Al-Hayy among dead people? 5 He is not here, but he has been resurrected alive! Remember his words to you when you were in Al-Jalil. 6 He said that Sayyid Al-Bashar was destined to be given to evil people and be crucified and be resurrected alive on the third day.” 7
They remembered his words. 8
They returned from the tomb and announced all these things to the eleven hawariyun and the rest of the followers. 9 The women who told the hawariyun were: Mariam Magdalene, Joanna, and Mariam Um Yacoub and others. 10
But their words seemed empty, and the hawariyun did not believe them. 11 But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw the empty grave clothes. He returned, wondering about what had happened. 12
The same day, two of the followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, which is about seven miles from Al-Quds. 13 They were speaking about these events. 14
They were talking and discussing when Isa came near them and walked with them. 15 But Allah did not let them recognize him. 16
Then he said to them, “What were you discussing as you were walking?” They stood sadly. 17
Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, “Are you the only stranger in Al-Quds who does not know what has happened these days?” 18
He asked them: “What has happened?”
They answered: “Isa Al-Nasiri was mighty in sayings and in works. He was a nabi highly exalted with Allah and all the people. 19 But the leading ahbar and our leaders turned him over for the sentence of execution and he was crucified. 20 We hoped that he would be the redeemer of Bani Israil.
Today is the third day after these events. 21 Some women of our group amazed us. They went to the tomb at dawn today. 22 They did not find his body. When they returned, they told us that they had seen a vision of two angels, who said he was alive. 23
Some men from our group went to the tomb, and found everything as the women said. But they did not see Isa.” 24
Isa told them, “You are so stupid. Your hearts are so slow to believe everything that Allah revealed through the anbiya! 25 Was it not the destiny of the expected Al-Masih to suffer these pains and enter into his majesty?” 26
And Isa began to explain to them everything that was written about him in the Tawrat and all the scrolls of the anbiya. 27
When they approached the village that they were intending to go to, Isa pretended that he was going to continue walking. 28 But they urged him, “Stay tonight with us, for the sun will set soon.” So he entered to spend the night with them. 29
He reclined at the table with them and took a loaf. He praised Allah and broke it and gave it to them. 30 At that time, Allah opened their eyes and they recognized him. Then he disappeared and was hidden from them. 31
One of them said to the other: “Did our hearts not burn with desire as he spoke to us on the way and he explained the kitab to us?” 32
Then they left that same hour and returned to Al-Quds. They found the eleven hawariyun and the others who were with them gathered. 33
They were saying, “Our mawla really has been resurrected alive and he appeared to Simon!” 34 The two related what happened with them on the way, and how they knew him when he broke the bread. 35
While they were speaking of this, Isa himself stood in the middle of them. He said, “Assalamu alaykum!” 36
But they were terrified and greatly afraid. They thought they were seeing a spirit. 37
He asked them, “Why are you disturbed? Why are your hearts doubting? 38 Look at my hands and feet. It really is me. Touch me and make sure, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I do!” 39
After saying this, he showed them his hands and feet. 40 But they remained in doubt, because they were so happy and amazed.
He asked them, “Do you have any food here?” 41
They gave him a piece of roasted fish. 42 He took it and ate it in front of them. 43
They he said to them, “I spoke these words to you while I was with you: Everything that was predicted about me in the Tawrat and the scrolls of the anbiya and the Zabur was a true promise that must be fulfilled.” 44
Then he opened their minds to understand the kitab. 45 He told them: “It is written in the kitab that the expected Al-Masih would suffer pains and be resurrected alive from death on the third day. 46 Repentance and forgiveness of sins in his name should be preached in all nations, starting from Al-Quds. 47 You are witnesses of these things. 48 I will send you what Al-Malik Al-Wadud promised. So stay in the city until power from on high comes on you.” 49
Then Isa led them outside Al-Quds to Bethany. He raised his hands and gave them a baraka. 50 During the baraka, he departed from them and Allah raised him to himself. 51
They bowed down prostate to him. Then they returned to Al-Quds with great joy. 52 They continued to be devoted to worship in the house of Allah, praising Allah. 53