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.
それからわが使徒を，かれらの足跡に従わせ，更にマルヤムの子イーサーを遣わし，福音を授け，またかれらに従う者の胸に博愛と慈悲の情を持たせた。だが禁欲の修道院制は，かれらが自分で作ったもので，われがかれらにそれを指示してはいない。アッラーの喜びを得たいばかりにしたことだが，かれらはそれも守らねばならないようには守っていなかった。それでわれは，かれらの中の信仰する者には報奨を与えた。だがかれらの多くの者はアッラーの掟に背く者たちであった。