﴿ ۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ ﴾

“NOW WHENEVER [the nature of] the son of Mary is set forth as an example, [O Muhammad,] lo! thy people raise an outcry on this score,”

(And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example�) [43:57]. Isma�il ibn Ibrahim al-Nasrabadhi informed us> Isma�il ibn Nujayd> Muhammad ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Khalil> Hisham ibn �Ammar> al-Walid ibn Muslim> Shayban ibn �Abd al-Rahman> �Asim ibn Abi al-Nujud> Abu Razin> Abu Yahya, the client of Ibn �Afra�> Ibn �Abbas who said: �The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, said to the Quraysh: �O Quraysh, there is no good in anyone who is worshipped beside Allah�. They said to him: �Do you not claim that Jesus was a Prophet and a righteous slave? If what you claim is true, he is like a deity to them�. As a response, Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse (And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example)�. We have already mentioned this story and the debate of Ibn al-Zib�ara with the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, upon dealing with the occasion of revelation of Allah�s saying (Lo! Ye (idolaters) and that which ye worship beside Allah are fuel of hell�) [21:98].