ثُمَّ قَفَّيْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم بِرُسُلِنَا وَقَفَّيْنَا بِعِيسَى ٱبْنِ مَرْيَمَ وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ ٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَجَعَلْنَا فِى قُلُوبِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّبَعُوهُ رَأْفَةًۭ وَرَحْمَةًۭ وَرَهْبَانِيَّةً ٱبْتَدَعُوهَا مَا كَتَبْنَٰهَا عَلَيْهِمْ إِلَّا ٱبْتِغَآءَ رِضْوَٰنِ ٱللَّهِ فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا ۖ فَـَٔاتَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ أَجْرَهُمْ ۖ وَكَثِيرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ
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Thumma qaffay'nā ʻalā 'āthārihim birussulinā waqaffay'nā biʻīssā(i)b'ni mar'yama wa'ātay'nāhu l-'injīla wajaʻalnā fī qulūbi -lladhīna (i)ttabaʻūhu ra''fatan waraḥ'matan warah'bāniyyatan (i)b'tadaʻūhā mā katab'nāhā ʻalay'him' 'illā (i)b'tighā'a riḍ'wāni -llahi famā raʻaw'hā ḥaqqa riʻāyatihā . fa'ātay'nā -lladhīna 'āmanū min'hum' 'aj'rahum' . wakathīrun mmin'hum' fāssiqūna
Then, in their wake, We followed them up with (others of) Our messengers: We sent after them Jesus the son of Mary, and bestowed on him the Gospel; and We ordained in the hearts of those who followed him Compassion and Mercy. But the Monasticism which they invented for themselves, We did not prescribe for them: (We commanded) only the seeking for the Good Pleasure of Allah; but that they did not foster as they should have done. Yet We bestowed, on those among them who believed, their (due) reward, but many of them are rebellious transgressors.
Translation: Abdullah Yusuf Ali
