(Deterioration of Religion)
Subsequent to them, we sent our messengers. We sent Jesus the son of Mary, and we gave him the Injeel (Gospel), and we placed in the hearts of his followers kindness and mercy. But they invented hermitism which we never decreed for them. All we asked them to do was to uphold the commandments approved by God. But they did not uphold the message as they should have. Consequently, we gave those who believed among them their recompense, while many of them were wicked.
ثُمَّ قَفَّينا عَلىٰ ءاثٰرِهِم بِرُسُلِنا وَقَفَّينا بِعيسَى ابنِ مَريَمَ وَءاتَينٰهُ الإِنجيلَ وَجَعَلنا فى قُلوبِ الَّذينَ اتَّبَعوهُ رَأفَةً وَرَحمَةً وَرَهبانِيَّةً ابتَدَعوها ما كَتَبنٰها عَلَيهِم إِلَّا ابتِغاءَ رِضوٰنِ اللَّهِ فَما رَعَوها حَقَّ رِعايَتِها فَـٔاتَينَا الَّذينَ ءامَنوا مِنهُم أَجرَهُم وَكَثيرٌ مِنهُم فٰسِقونَ
summa qaffainaa ‘alaa aasaarihim bi Rusulinaa wa qaffainaa bi ‘Eesab ni Maryama wa aatainaahul Injeela wa ja’alnaa fee quloobil lazeenat taba’oohu ra’fatanw wa rahmatanw rahbaaniyyatan ibtada’ooha maa katabnaahaa ‘alaihim illab tighaaa’a ridwaanil laahi famaa ra’awhaa haqqa ri’aayatihaa; fa aatainal lazeena aamanoo minhum ajrahum; wa kaseerum minhum faasiqoon