Then We followed them up with Our apostles and We followed [them] with Jesus son of Mary, and We gave him the Evangel, and We put kindness and mercy into the hearts of those who followed him. But as for monasticism, they innovated it—We had not prescribed it for them—only seeking Allah’s pleasure. Yet they did not observe it with due observance. So We gave to the faithful among them their [due] reward, but many of them are transgressors.
سپس از پى ايشان- پيامبرانى كه ياد كرديم- پيامبران خود را فرستاديم، و عيسى پسر مريم را از پى درآورديم و به او انجيل داديم، و در دلهاى كسانى كه از او پيروى كردند مهربانى و نرمى نهاديم و رهبانيتى- گوشه‌گيرى- كه از خود ساختند، ما آن را بر آنان ننوشتيم- مقرر نكرديم- جز [آنكه آن را] براى جستن خشنودى خداى [اختراع كردند]، ولى آن را آنسان كه سزاوار است نگاه نداشتند، پس مزد كسانى از آنان را كه ايمان آوردند داديم، و بسيارى از آنها نافرمان بودند.