_We have cursed the Jews_ ... for their disbelief _in Jesus_ and their uttering against Mary a great calumny and their saying, We have killed the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, the apostle of God,—Yet they killed him not nor crucified him; but one (_namely the person whom they crucified_) was made to appear to them like _Jesus_; and verily those who disagreed respecting him were in doubt concerning him, _or his slaughter; for some of them said, when they saw the slain person, The face is the face of Jesus; but the body is not his body:—and others said, It is he_:[343]—they had no knowledge of him; but only followed an opinion. And they did not really kill him; but God took him up unto Himself; and God is mighty [and] wise. And there is not of the people of the Scripture _one_ but he shall assuredly believe in him (_namely Jesus_) before his death; _that is, before his own death, or before the death of Jesus, when he descendeth shortly before the resurrection_;[344] and on the day of resurrection he (_namely Jesus_) shall be a witness against them. (iv. 155-157.) When God shall say, _on the day of resurrection_, O Jesus, son of Mary, hast thou said unto men, Take me and my mother as two deities, beside God?—_Jesus_ shall answer, _after being agitated_ (_or after it shall have thundered_), Extolled be Thy purity _from the imputation of aught that is unsuitable to Thee, as the having a partner, and other things_! It is not for me to say that which is not right for me. Had I said it, Thou hadst known it. Thou knowest what is in me; but I know not what is in Thee; for Thou well-knowest things unseen. I said not unto them aught but that which Thou commandedst me; _namely_ Worship ye God, my Lord and your Lord;—and I was a watcher over them, _commanding them to abstain from what they said_, while I remained among them: but since Thou hast taken me to Thyself,[345] Thou hast been the watcher over them, and Thou art the witness of all things. If Thou punish them, (_that is, such of them as have continued in unbelief_,) they are Thy servants _and Thou mayest do with them as Thou pleasest_; and if Thou forgive them, (_that is, such of them as have believed_,) Thou art the Mighty, the Wise. (v. 116-118.)