3. Sura al-Imran [the family Imran], Medina 89

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:



إِنَّ هَـذَا لَهُوَ الْقَصَصُ الْحَقُّ ...

3: 62. This is the true account:

... وَمَا مِنْ إِلَـهٍ إِلاَّ اللّهُ...

there is no god except God;

...وَإِنَّ اللّهَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الْحَكِيمُ ﴿٦٢﴾

and Allah -- He is indeed the Exalted in Power, the Wise.



Asad’s Version:


3: 62 Behold, this is indeed the truth of the matter, and there is no deity whatever save God, and verily….









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Ali’s note:

C401. We are now in a position of deal with the questions which we left over at 2:87. Jesus is no more than a man.

It is against reason and revelation to call him Allah or the son of Allah. He is called the son of Mary to emphasize this. He had no human father, as his birth was miraculous. But it is not this which raise him to his high position as a prophet, but because Allah called him to his office.

The praise is due to Allah, Who by His word gave him spiritual strength-"strengthened him with the Holy spirit. The miracles which surround his story relate not only to the "Clear Signs" which he brought.

It was those who misunderstood him who obscured his clear Signs and surrounded him with mysteries of their own invention. (R).