Popular Translations
Muhammad Asad
[As for Jesus,] he was nothing but [a human being -] a servant [of Ours] whom We had graced [with prophethood], and whom We made an example for the children of Israel
Arthur John Arberry
He is only a servant We blessed, and We made him to be an example to the Children of Israel
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
He was no more than a servant: We granted Our favour to him, and We made him an example to the Children of Israel
Arabic
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبۡدٌ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنَـٰهُ مَثَلࣰا لِّبَنِیۤ إِسۡرَ ٰۤءِیلَ ٥٩
Transliteration (2021)
in huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī is'rāīl