JESUS IN ISLAM:
The following excerpts from the Koran are from the Humanities Text Initiative, a unit of the University of Michigan ‘s Digital Library Production Service.
We have extracted references to Jesus (Isa) son of Mary (Marium), or Messiah son of Mary (Marium), from the appropriate chapter (Sura). We have attempted to show these in context, and have not quoted the entire chapter (Sura). No commentary is provided. Readers are encouraged to research Islam and the Koran through their own study and reliance upon the Spirit of God.
TRANSLATION OF NAMES AND TERMS:
Ahmad = Muhammad
Apostle = One who is sent out (by God). Refers to Muhammad specifically at times, but also to other messengers of God, such as Isa (Jesus). Musa (Moses) and others.
Ayub = Job
Book (the) = the Bible
Dawood = David
Hanif = Arabic term that refers to pre-Islamic non-Jewish nor Christian Arabian monotheists
Haroun = Aaron
Ibrahim = Abraham
Idris = Enoch
Ilyas = Elijah
Injeel = Gospel – the good news
Isa = Jesus
Ishaq = Isaac
Ismail = Ishmael
Lut = Lot
Marium = Mary
Musa = Moses
Nuh = Noah
Shaitan(s) = Satan(s)
Shoaib = Jethro
Sulaiman = Solomon
Taurat (Tayrat) = Torah
Uzair = Ezra
Yahya = John (the Baptist)
Yaqoub = Jacob
Yunus = Jonah
Yusuf = Joseph
Zakariya = Zecharias (father of John)
Sura 2: The Cow
Sura 3: The Family of Imran
Sura 4: The Women
Sura 5: The Dinner Table
Sura 6: The Cattle
Sura 9: The Immunity
Sura 19: Marium
Sura: 33: The Clans
Sura 42: The Counsel
Sura 43: Ornaments of Gold
Sura 57: The Iron
Sura 61: The Ranks
SURA 2: THE COW:
[ 2.87 ] And most certainly We gave Musa the Book and We sent apostles after him one after another; and We gave Isa, the son of Marium, clear arguments and strengthened him with the holy spirit, What! whenever then an apostle came to you with that which your souls did not desire, you were insolent so you called some liars and some you slew.
[ 2.88 ] And they say: Our hearts are covered. Nay, Allah has cursed them on account of their unbelief; so little it is that they believe.
[ 2.89 ] And when there came to them a Book from Allah verifying that which they have, and aforetime they used to pray for victory against those who disbelieve, but when there came to them (Prophet) that which they did not recognize, they disbelieved in him; so Allah’s curse is on the unbelievers.
[ 2.90 ] Evil is that for which they have sold their souls– that they should deny what Allah has revealed, out of envy that Allah should send down of His grace on whomsoever of His servants He pleases; so they have made themselves deserving of wrath upon wrath, and there is a disgraceful punishment for the unbelievers.
[ 2.91 ] And when it is said to them, Believe in what Allah has revealed, they say: We believe in that which was revealed to us; and they deny what is besides that, while it is the truth verifying that which they have. Say: Why then did you kill Allah’s Prophets before if you were indeed believers?
[ 2.130 ] And who forsakes the religion of Ibrahim but he who makes himself a fool, and most certainly We chose him in this world, and in the hereafter he is most surely among the righteous.
[ 2.131 ] When his Lord said to him, Be a Muslim, he said: I submit myself to the Lord of the worlds.
[ 2.132 ] And the same did Ibrahim enjoin on his sons and (so did) Yaqoub. O my sons! surely Allah has chosen for you (this) faith, therefore die not unless you are Muslims.
[ 2.133 ] Nay! were you witnesses when death visited Yaqoub, when he said to his sons: What will you serve after me? They said: We will serve your God and the God of your fathers, Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq, one God only, and to Him do we submit.
[ 2.134 ] This is a people that have passed away; they shall have what they earned and you shall have what you earn, and you shall not be called upon to answer for what they did.
[ 2.135 ] And they say: Be Jews or Christians, you will be on the right course. Say: Nay! (we follow) the religion of Ibrahim, the Hanif, and he was not one of the polytheists.
[ 2.136 ] Say: We believe in Allah and (in) that which had been revealed to us, and (in) that which was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and (in) that which was given to Musa and Isa, and (in) that which was given to the prophets from their Lord, we do not make any distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.
[ 2.137 ] If then they believe as you believe in Him, they are indeed on the right course, and if they turn back, then they are only in great opposition, so Allah will suffice you against them, and He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[ 2.252 ] These are the communications of Allah: We recite them to you with truth; and most surely you are (one) of the apostles.
[ 2.253 ] We have made some of these apostles to excel the others among them are they to whom Allah spoke, and some of them He exalted by (many degrees of) rank; and We gave clear miracles to Isa son of Marium, and strengthened him with the holy spirit. And if Allah had pleased, those after them would not have fought one with another after clear arguments had come to them, but they disagreed; so there were some of them who believed and others who denied; and if Allah had pleased they would not have fought one with another, but Allah brings about what He intends.
[ 2.254 ] O you who believe! spend out of what We have given you before the day comes in which there is no bargaining, neither any friendship nor intercession, and the unbelievers– they are the unjust.
[ 2.255 ] Allah is He besides Whom there is no god, the Everliving, the Self-subsisting by Whom all subsist; slumber does not overtake Him nor sleep; whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His; who is he that can intercede with Him but by His permission? He knows what is before them and what is behind them, and they cannot comprehend anything out of His knowledge except what He pleases, His knowledge extends over the heavens and the earth, and the preservation of them both tires Him not, and He is the Most High, the Great.
[ 2.256 ] There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Shaitan and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.
[ 2.257 ] Allah is the guardian of those who believe. He brings them out of the darkness into the light; and (as to) those who disbelieve, their guardians are Shaitans who take them out of the light into the darkness; they are the inmates of the fire, in it they shall abide.
SURA 3: THE FAMILY OF IMRAN:
[ 3.42 ] And when the angels said: O Marium! surely Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of of the world.
[ 3.43 ] O Marium! keep to obedience to your Lord and humble yourself, and bow down with those who bow.
[ 3.44 ] This is of the announcements relating to the unseen which We reveal to you; and you were not with them when they cast their pens (to decide) which of them should have Marium in his charge, and you were not with them when they contended one with another.
[ 3.45 ] When the angels said: O Marium, surely Allah gives you good news with a Word from Him (of one) whose name is the ‘. Messiah, Isa son of Marium , worthy of regard in this world and the hereafter and of those who are made near (to Allah).
[ 3.46 ] And he shall speak to the people when in the cradle and when of old age, and (he shall be) one of the good ones.
[ 3.47 ] She said: My Lord! when shall there be a son (born) to I me, and man has not touched me? He said: Even so, Allah creates what He pleases; when He has decreed a matter, He only says to it, Be, and it is.
[ 3.48 ] And He will teach him the Book and the wisdom and the Tavrat and the Injeel.
[ 3.49 ] And (make him) an apostle to the children of Israel: That I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I determine for you out of dust like the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird with Allah’s permission and I heal the blind and the leprous, and bring the dead to life with Allah’s permission and I inform you of what you should eat and what you should store in your houses; most surely there is a sign in this for you, if you are believers.
[ 3.50 ] And a verifier of that which is before me of the Taurat and that I may allow you part of that which has been forbidden to you, and I have come to you with a sign from your Lord therefore be careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me.
[ 3.51 ] Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is the right path.
[ 3.52 ] But when Isa perceived unbelief on their part, he said Who will be my helpers in Allah’s way? The disciples said: We are helpers (in the way) of Allah: We believe in Allah and bear witness that we are submitting ones.
[ 3.53 ] Our Lord! we believe in what Thou hast revealed and we follow the apostle, so write us down with those who bear witness.
[ 3.54 ] And they planned and Allah (also) planned, and Allah is the best of planners.
[ 3.55 ] And when Allah said: O Isa , I am going to terminate the period of your stay (on earth) and cause you to ascend unto Me and purify you of those who disbelieve and make those who follow you above those who disbelieve to the day of resurrection; then to Me shall be your return, so l will decide between you concerning that in which you differed.
[ 3.56 ] Then as to those who disbelieve, I will chastise them with severe chastisement in this world and the hereafter, and they shall have no helpers.
[ 3.57 ] And as to those who believe and do good deeds, He will pay them fully their rewards; and Allah does not love the unjust.
[ 3.58 ] This We recite to you of the communications and the wise reminder.
[ 3.59 ] Surely the likeness of Isa is with Allah as the likeness of Adam; He created him from dust, then said to him, Be, and he was.
[ 3.84 ] Say: We believe in Allah and what has been revealed to us, and what was revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and what was given to Musa and Isa and to the prophets from their Lord; we do not make any distinction between any of them, and to Him do we submit.
[ 3.85 ] And whoever desires a religion other than Islam, it shall not be accepted from him, and in the hereafter he shall be one of the losers.
SURA 4: THE WOMEN:
[ 4.157 ] And their saying: Surely we have killed the Messiah, Isa son of Marium , the apostle of Allah; and they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa) and most surely those who differ therein are only in a doubt about it; they have no knowledge respecting it, but only follow a conjecture, and they killed him not for sure.
[ 4.158 ] Nay! Allah took him up to Himself; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[ 4.159 ] And there is not one of the followers of the Book but most certainly believes in this before his death, and on the day of resurrection he (Isa) shall be a witness against them.
[ 4.160 ] Wherefore for the iniquity of those who are Jews did We disallow to them the good things which had been made lawful for them and for their hindering many (people) from Allah’s way.
[ 4.161 ] And their taking usury though indeed they were forbidden it and their devouring the property of people falsely, and We have prepared for the unbelievers from among them a painful chastisement.
[ 4.162 ] But the firm in knowledge among them and the believers believe in what has been revealed to. you and what was revealed before you, and those who keep up prayers and those who give the poor-rate and the believers in Allah and the last day, these it is whom We will give a mighty reward.
[ 4.163 ] Surely We have revealed to you as We revealed to Nuh, and the prophets after him, and We revealed to Ibrahim and Ismail and Ishaq and Yaqoub and the tribes, and Isa and Ayub and Yunus and Haroun and Sulaiman and We gave to Dawood
[ 4.164 ] And (We sent) apostles We have mentioned to you before and apostles we have not mentioned to you; and to Musa, Allah addressed His Word, speaking (to him):
[ 4.165 ] (We sent) apostles as the givers of good news and as warners, so that people should not have a plea against Allah after the (coming of) apostles; and Allah is Mighty, Wise.
[ 4.171 ] O followers of the Book! do not exceed the limits in your religion, and do not speak (lies) against Allah, but (speak) the truth; the Messiah, Isa son of Marium is only an apostle of Allah and His Word which He communicated to Marium and a spirit from Him; believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector.
[ 4.172 ] The Messiah does by no means disdain that he should be a servant of Allah, nor do the angels who are near to Him, and whoever disdains His service and is proud, He will gather them all together to Himself.
[ 4.173 ] Then as for those who believe and do good, He will pay them fully their rewards and give them more out of His grace; and as for those who disdain and are proud, He will chastise them with a painful chastisement. And they shall not find for themselves besides Allah a guardian or a helper.
SURA 5: THE DINNER TABLE:
[ 5.44 ] Surely We revealed the Taurat in which was guidance and light; with it the prophets who submitted themselves (to Allah) judged (matters) for those who were Jews, and the masters of Divine knowledge and the doctors, because they were required to guard (part) of the Book of Allah, and they were witnesses thereof; therefore fear not the people and fear Me, and do not take a small price for My communications; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unbelievers.
[ 5.45 ] And We prescribed to them in it that life is for life, and eye for eye, and nose for nose, and ear for ear, and tooth for tooth, and (that there is) reprisal in wounds; but he who foregoes it, it shall be an expiation for him; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the unjust.
[ 5.46 ] And We sent after them in their footsteps Isa, son of Marium , verifying what was before him of the Taurat and We gave him the Injeel in which was guidance and light, and verifying what was before it of Taurat and a guidance and an admonition for those who guard (against evil).
[ 5.47 ] And the followers of the Injeel should have judged by what Allah revealed in it; and whoever did not judge by what Allah revealed, those are they that are the transgressors.
[ 5.48 ] And We have revealed to you the Book with the truth, verifying what is before it of the Book and a guardian over it, therefore judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their low desires (to turn away) from the truth that has come to you; for every one of you did We appoint a law and a way, and if Allah had pleased He would have made you (all) a single people, but that He might try you in what He gave you, therefore strive with one another to hasten to virtuous deeds; to Allah is your return, of all (of you), so He will let you know that in which you differed;
[ 5.49 ] And that you should judge between them by what Allah has revealed, and do not follow their low desires, and be cautious of them, lest they seduce you from part of what Allah has revealed to you; but if they turn back, then know that Allah desires to afflict them on account of some of their faults; and most surely many of the people are transgressors.
[ 5.50 ] Is it then the judgment of (the times of) ignorance that they desire? And who is better than Allah to judge for a people who are sure?
[ 5.51 ] O you who believe! do not take the Jews and the Christians for friends; they are friends of each other; and whoever amongst you takes them for a friend, then surely he is one of them; surely Allah does not guide the unjust people.
[ 5.70 ] Certainly We made a covenant with the children of Israel and We sent to them apostles; whenever there came to them an apostle with what that their souls did not desire, some (of them) did they call liars and some they slew.
[ 5.71 ] And they thought that there would be no affliction, so they became blind and deaf; then Allah turned to them mercifully, but many of them became blind and deaf; and Allah is well seeing what they do.
[ 5.72 ] Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah, He is the Messiah, son of Marium ; and the Messiah said: O Children of Israel! serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord. Surely whoever associates (others) with Allah, then Allah has forbidden to him the garden, and his abode is the fire; and there shall be no helpers for the unjust.
[ 5.73 ] Certainly they disbelieve who say: Surely Allah is the third (person) of the three; and there is no god but the one God, and if they desist not from what they say, a painful chastisement shall befall those among them who disbelieve.
[ 5.74 ] Will they not then turn to Allah and ask His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
[ 5.75 ] The Messiah, son of Marium is but an apostle; apostles before him have indeed passed away; and his mother was a truthful woman; they both used to eat food. See how We make the communications clear to them, then behold, how they are turned away.
[ 5.76 ] Say: Do you serve besides Allah that which does not control for you any harm, or any profit? And Allah– He is the Hearing, the Knowing.
[ 5.77 ] Say: O followers of the Book! be not unduly immoderate in your religion, and do not follow the low desires of people who went astray before and led many astray and went astray from the right path.
[ 5.78 ] Those who disbelieved from among the children of Israel were cursed by the tongue of Dawood and Isa, son of Marium ; this was because they disobeyed and used to exceed the limit.
[ 5.109 ] On the day when Allah will assemble the apostles, then say: What answer were you given? They shall say: We have no knowledge, surely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen things.
[ 5.110 ] When Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium ! Remember My favor on you and on your mother, when I strengthened you I with the holy Spirit, you spoke to the people in the cradle and I when of old age, and when I taught you the Book and the wisdom and the Taurat and the Injeel; and when you determined out of clay a thing like the form of a bird by My permission, then you breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission, and you healed the blind and the leprous by My permission; and when you brought forth the dead by My permission; and when I withheld the children of Israel from you when you came to them with clear arguments, but those who disbelieved among them said: This is nothing but clear enchantment.
[ 5.111 ] And when I revealed to the disciples, saying, Believe in Me and My apostle, they said: We believe and bear witness that we submit (ourselves).
[ 5.112 ] When the disciples said: O Isa son of Marium ! will your Lord consent to send down to us food from heaven? He said: Be careful of (your duty to) Allah if you are believers.
[ 5.113 ] They said: We desire that we should eat of it and that our hearts should be at rest, and that we may know that you have indeed spoken the truth to us and that we may be of the witnesses to it.
[ 5.114 ] Isa the son of Marium said: O Allah, our Lord! send down to us food from heaven which should be to us an ever-recurring happiness, to the first of us and to the last of us, and a sign from Thee, and grant us means of subsistence, and Thou art the best of the Providers.
[ 5.115 ] Allah said: Surely I will send it down to you, but whoever shall disbelieve afterwards from among you, surely I will chastise him with a chastisement with which I will not chastise, anyone among the nations.
[ 5.116 ] And when Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium ! did you say to men, Take me and my mother for two gods besides Allah he will say: Glory be to Thee, it did not befit me that I should say what I had no right to (say); if I had said it, Thou wouldst indeed have known it; Thou knowest what is in my mind, and I do not know what is in Thy mind, surely Thou art the great Knower of the unseen things.
[ 5.117 ] 1 did not say to them aught save what Thou didst enjoin me with: That serve Allah, my Lord and your Lord, and I was a witness of them so long as I was among them, but when Thou didst cause me to die, Thou wert the watcher over them, and Thou art witness of all things.
[ 5.118 ] If Thou shouldst chastise them, then surely they are Thy servants; and if Thou shouldst forgive them, then surely Thou art the Mighty, the Wise.
[ 5.119 ] Allah will say: This is the day when their truth shall benefit the truthful ones; they shall have gardens beneath which rivers flow to abide in them for ever: Allah is well pleased with them and they are well pleased with Allah; this is the mighty achievement.
[ 5.120 ] Allah’s is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and what is in them; and He has power over all things.
SURA 6: THE CATTLE:
[ 6.85 ] And Zakariya and Yahya and Isa and Ilyas; every one was of the good;
SURA 9: THE IMMUNITY:
[ 9.29 ] Fight those who do not believe in Allah, nor in the latter day, nor do they prohibit what Allah and His Apostle have prohibited, nor follow the religion of truth, out of those who have been given the Book, until they pay the tax in acknowledgment of superiority and they are in a state of subjection.
[ 9.30 ] And the Jews say: Uzair is the son of Allah; and the Christians say: The Messiah is the son of Allah; these are the words of their mouths; they imitate the saying of those who disbelieved before; may Allah destroy them; how they are turned away!
[ 9.31 ] They have taken their doctors of law and their monks for lords besides Allah, and (also) the Messiah son of Marium and they were enjoined that they should serve one God only, there is no god but He; far from His glory be what they set up (with Him).
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SURA 19: MARIUM:
[ 19.12 ] O Yahya! take hold of the Book with strength, and We granted him wisdom while yet a child
[ 19.13 ] And tenderness from Us and purity, and he was one who guarded (against evil),
[ 19.14 ] And dutiful to his parents, and he was not insolent, disobedient.
[ 19.15 ] And peace on him on the day he was born, and on the day he dies, and on the day he is raised to life
[ 19.16 ] And mention Marium in the Book when she drew aside from her family to an eastern place;
[ 19.17 ] So she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our spirit, and there appeared to her a well-made man.
[ 19.18 ] She said: Surely I fly for refuge from you to the Beneficent God, if you are one guarding (against evil).
[ 19.19 ] He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a pure boy.
[ 19.20 ] She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste?
[ 19.21 ] He said: Even so; your Lord says: It is easy to Me: and that We may make him a sign to men and a mercy from Us, and it is a matter which has been decreed.
[ 19.22 ] So she conceived him; then withdrew herself with him to a remote place.
[ 19.23 ] And the throes (of childbirth) compelled her to betake herself to the trunk of a palm tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten!
[ 19.24 ] Then (the child) called out to her from beneath her: Grieve not, surely your Lord has made a stream to flow beneath you;
[ 19.25 ] And shake towards you the trunk of the palmtree, it will drop on you fresh ripe dates:
[ 19.26 ] So eat and drink and refresh the eye. Then if you see any mortal, say: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent God, so I shall not speak to any man today.
[ 19.27 ] And she came to her people with him, carrying him (with her). They said: O Marium! surely you have done a strange thing.
[ 19.28 ] O sister of Haroun! your father was not a bad man, nor, was your mother an unchaste woman.
[ 19.29 ] But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who was a child in the cradle?
[ 19.30 ] He said: Surely I am a servant of Allah; He has given me the Book and made me a prophet;
[ 19.31 ] And He has made me blessed wherever I may be, and He has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live;
[ 19.32 ] And dutiful to my mother, and He has not made me insolent, unblessed;
[ 19.33 ] And peace on me on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am raised to life.
[ 19.34 ] Such is Isa, son of Marium ; (this is) the saying of truth about which they dispute.
[ 19.35 ] It beseems not Allah that He should take to Himself a ! son, glory to be Him; when He has decreed a matter He only says to it “Be,” and it is.
[ 19.36 ] And surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is the right path.
SURA 33: THE CLANS:
[ 33.7 ] And when We made a covenant with the prophets and with you, and with Nuh and Ibrahim and Musa and Isa, son of Marium , and We made with them a strong covenant.
SURA 42: THE COUNSEL:
[ 42.13 ] He has made plain to you of the religion what He enjoined upon Nuh and that which We have revealed to you and that which We enjoined upon Ibrahim and Musa and Isa that keep to obedience and be not divided therein; hard to the unbelievers is that which you call them to; Allah chooses for Himself whom He pleases, and guides to Himself him who turns (to Him), frequently.
SURA 43: ORNAMENTS OF GOLD:
[ 43.63 ] And when Isa came with clear arguments he said: I have come to you indeed with wisdom, and that I may make clear to you part of what you differ in; so be careful of (your duty to) Allah and obey me:
[ 43.64 ] Surely Allah is my Lord and your Lord, therefore serve Him; this is the right path:
SURA 57: THE IRON:
[ 57.25 ] Certainly We sent Our apostles with clear arguments, and sent down with them the Book and the balance that men may conduct themselves with equity; and We have made the iron, wherein is great violence and advantages to men, and that Allah may know who helps Him and His apostles in the secret; surely Allah is Strong, Mighty.
[ 57.26 ] And certainly We sent Nuh and Ibrahim and We gave to their offspring the (gift of) prophecy and the Book; so there are among them those who go aright, and most of them are transgressors.
[ 57.27 ] Then We made Our apostles to follow in their footsteps, and We sent Isa son of Marium afterwards, and We gave him the Injeel, and We put in the hearts of those who followed him kindness and mercy; and (as for) monkery, they innovated it– We did not prescribe it to them– only to seek Allah’s pleasure, but they did not observe it with its due observance; so We gave to those of them who believed their reward, and most of them are transgressors.
[ 57.28 ] O you who believe! be careful of (your duty to) Allah and believe in His Apostle: He will give you two portions of His mercy, and make for you a light with which you will walk, and forgive you, and Allah is Forgiving, Merciful;
[ 57.29 ] So that the followers of the Book may know that they do not control aught of the grace of Allah, and that grace is in Allah’s hand, He gives it to whom He pleases; and Allah is the Lord of mighty grace.
SURA 61: THE RANKS:
[ 61.6 ] And when Isa son of Marium said: O children of Israel ! surely I am the apostle of Allah to you, verifying that which is before me of the Taurat and giving the good news of an Apostle who will come after me, his name being Ahmad, but when he came to them with clear arguments they said: This is clear magic.
[ 61.14 ] O you who believe! be helpers (in the cause) of Allah, as~ Isa son of Marium said to (his) disciples: Who are my helpers in the cause of Allah? The disciples said: We are helpers (in the cause) of Allah. So a party of the children of Israel believed and another party disbelieved; then We aided those who believed against their enemy, and they became uppermost.