بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ (57) وَقَالُوا أَآلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ (58) إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ(59)
The unbelievers came to the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) and said to him: “O Mohammed, we heard you say that there is no good in any worshiped god beside Allah, you said so”.
The Prophet (pbuh) said: Yes, true.
The unbelievers said: “O Mohammed, the Christians worship Jesus, is there no good in Jesus? You have said that no good in any worshiped god beside Allah!”.
The unbelievers thought that they came with a great thing to dispute with the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh), as Muslims believe that Jesus (pbuh) is good, and the Christians worship him as a god.
Then Allah (swt) revealed the following Ayat:
وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ (57) وَقَالُوا أَآلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ أَمْ هُوَ ۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلًا ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ (58) إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ(59)
References
- Surat Al Zukhruf – Ayat 57 – 59