Then, in their wake, We followed them up with [others of] Our messengers and after them Jesus, son of Mary. We gave him the Gospel and imbued the hearts of those who followed him with compassion and mercy. But We did not prescribe monasticism for them: that was their own innovation by which they sought to please God. But then, they did not observe it in the way that it should have been observed. So We rewarded only those who were truly faithful, for many of them were disobedient.
سپس پيامبرانمان را پس از ايشان فرستاديم. و عيسى بن مريم را از پى آنها روانه كرديم و به او انجيل را داديم، و در دل پيروانش رأفت و رحمت نهاديم. و رهبانيتى كه به بدعت آورده‌اند ما بر آنها مقرر نكرده‌ايم، اما در آن خشنودى خدا مى‌جستند، ولى حق آن را بسزا نگزاردند. ما از آن ميان به كسانى كه ايمان آورده بودند، پاداش داديم ولى بيشترينشان نافرمان بودند.