۞ تِلْكَ ٱلرُّسُلُ فَضَّلْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ ۘ مِّنْهُم مَّن كَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ ۖ وَرَفَعَ بَعْضَهُمْ دَرَجَٰتٍۢ ۚ وَءَاتَيْنَا عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَيَّدْنَٰهُ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ ۗ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقْتَتَلَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَٰتُ وَلَٰكِنِ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ ءَامَنَ وَمِنْهُم مَّن كَفَرَ ۚ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا ٱقْتَتَلُوا۟ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَفْعَلُ مَا يُرِيدُ
How to read it
til'ka rrussulu faḍḍalnā baʻ'ḍahum' ʻalā baʻ'ḍin mmin'hum mman kallama -llahu . warafaʻa baʻ'ḍahum' darajātin . wa'ātay'nā ʻīssā(i)b'na mar'yama l-bayyināti wa'ayyad'nāhu birūḥi l-qudussi . walaw' shā'a -llahu mā (i)q'tatala -lladhīna min[m] baʻ'dihim mmin[m] baʻ'di mā jā'at'humu l-bayyinātu walākini (i)kh'talafū famin'hum mman' 'āmana wamin'hum mman kafara . walaw' shā'a -llahu mā (i)q'tatalū walākinna -llaha yaf'ʻalu mā yurīdu
Those messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others: To one of them Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit. If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting. If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth His plan.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
