S:  These are the communications of Allah:  We recite them to you with truth; and most surely you are (one) of the messengers.

002.253 Y:  Those messengers We endowed with gifts, some above others:  To one of them Allah spoke; others He raised to degrees (of honour); to Jesus the son of Mary We gave clear (Signs), and strengthened him with the holy spirit.  If Allah had so willed, succeeding generations would not have fought among each other, after clear (Signs) had come to them, but they (chose) to wrangle, some believing and others rejecting.  If Allah had so willed, they would not have fought each other; but Allah Fulfilleth His plan.

P:  Of those messengers, some of whom We have caused to excel others, and of whom there are some unto whom Allah spake, while some of them He exalted (above others) in degree; and We gave Jesus, son of Mary, clear proofs (of Allah’s Sovereignty) and We supported him with the holy Spirit.  And if Allah had so wiled it, those who followed after them would not have fought one with another after the clear proofs had come unto them.  But they differed, some of them believing and some disbelieving.  And if Allah had so willed it, they would not have fought one with another; but Allah doeth what He will.

S:  We have made some of these messengers to excel the others among them are they to whom Allah spoke, and some of them He exalted by (many degrees of) rank; and We gave clear miracles to Isa son of Marium, and strengthened him with the holy spirit.  And if Allah had pleased, those after them would not have fought one with another after clear arguments had come to them, but they disagreed; so there were some of them who believed and others who denied; and if Allah had pleased they would not have fought one with another, but Allah brings about what He intends.

002.254 Y:  O ye who believe!  Spend out of (the bounties) We have provided for you, before the Day comes when no bargaining (Will avail), nor friendship nor intercession.  Those who reject Faith they are the wrong-doers.

P:  O ye who believe!  Spend of that wherewith We have provided you ere a day come when there will be no trafficking, nor friendship, nor intercession.  The disbelievers, they are the wrong-doers.

S:  O you who believe! spend out of what We have given you before the day comes in which there is no bargaining, neither any friendship nor intercession, and the unbelievers—­ they are the unjust.

002.255 Y:  Allah!  There is no god but He,-the Living, the Self-subsisting, Eternal.  No slumber can seize Him nor sleep.  His are all things in the heavens and on earth.  Who is there can intercede in His presence except as He permitteth?  He knoweth what (appeareth to His creatures as) before or after or behind them.  Nor shall they compass aught of His knowledge except as He willeth.  His Throne doth extend over the heavens and the earth, and He feeleth no fatigue in guarding and preserving them for He is the Most High, the Supreme (in glory).