He said: "O my Lord! I have power only over myself and my brother: so separate us from this rebellious people!"

And behold! Allah will say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, worship me and my mother as gods in derogation of Allah'?" He will say: "Glory to Thee! never could I say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, thou wouldst indeed have known it. Thou knowest what is in my heart, Thou I know not what is in Thine. For Thou knowest in full all that is hidden.

But when Our Clear Signs are rehearsed unto them, those who rest not their hope on their meeting with Us, Say: "Bring us a reading other than this, or change this," Say: "It is not for me, of my own accord, to change it: I follow naught but what is revealed unto me: if I were to disobey my Lord, I should myself fear the penalty of a Great Day (to come)."

He said: "It was she that sought to seduce me - from my (true) self." And one of her household saw (this) and bore witness, (thus):- "If it be that his shirt is rent from the front, then is her tale true, and he is a liar!

"Nor do I absolve my own self (of blame): the (human) soul is certainly prone to evil, unless my Lord do bestow His Mercy: but surely my Lord is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful."

He replied: "I saw what they saw not: so I took a handful (of dust) from the footprint of the Messenger, and threw it (into the calf): thus did my soul suggest to me."

She was asked to enter the lofty Palace: but when she saw it, she thought it was a lake of water, and she (tucked up her skirts), uncovering her legs. He said: "This is but a palace paved smooth with slabs of glass." She said: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul: I do (now) submit (in Islam), with Solomon, to the Lord of the Worlds."

He prayed: "O my Lord! I have indeed wronged my soul! Do Thou then forgive me!" So (Allah) forgave him: for He is the Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Say: "If I am astray, I only stray to the loss of my own soul: but if I receive guidance, it is because of the inspiration of my Lord to me: it is He Who hears all things, and is (ever) near."

他说：“我的主啊！除我自己和我哥哥外，我不能作主，我求你使我们和犯罪的民众分开。”

当时，真主将说：“麦尔彦之子尔撒啊!你曾对众人说过这句话吗﹖'你们当舍真主而以我和我母亲为主宰'。”他说：“我赞颂你超绝万物，我不会说出我不该说的话。如果我说了，那你一定知道。你知道我心里的事，我却不知道你心里的事。你确是深知一切幽玄的。

有人对他们宣读我的明显的迹象的时候，那些不希望会见我的人说：“请你另拿一部《古兰经》来，或者请你修改这部《古兰经》。”你说：“我不至于擅自修改它。我只能遵从我所受的启示。如果我违抗我的主，我的确畏惧重大日的刑罚。”

他说：“是她勾引我。”她家里的一个人作证说：“如果他的衬衣是从前面撕破的，那她说的是实话，而他是说谎的；

（他说）：“我不自称清白；人性的确是怂恿人作恶的，除非我的主所怜悯的人。我的主确是至赦的，确是至慈的。”

他说：“我曾见他们所未见的，我从使者的遗迹上握了一把土， 而我把它抛下去，我的私欲那样怂恿我。”

有人对她说：“你进那宫殿去吧！”当她看见那座宫殿的时候她以为宫殿里是一片汪洋，（就提起衣裳）露出她的两条小腿。他说：“这确是用玻璃造成的光滑的宫殿。”她说：“我的主啊！我确是自欺的，我（现在）跟着素莱曼归顺真主--全世界的主。”

他说：“我的主啊！我确已自欺了，求你饶恕我吧。”真主就饶恕了他，他确是至赦的，确是至慈的。

你说：“如果我误入歧途，则我自受其害；如果我遵循正道，则由于我的主所启示的经典。他确是全聪的，确是临近的。”