Translation of the meanings Ayah 157 Surah An-Nisā’ - English Translation - Dr. Waleed Bleyhesh Omary - The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia

Ayah: 157

وَقَوۡلِهِمۡ إِنَّا قَتَلۡنَا ٱلۡمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُۚ مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍ إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينَۢا

(157) and their saying ˹boastfully˺: “We have killed the Messiah, ʿĪsā ˹Jesus˺, son of Maryam, the Messenger of Allah”, they neither killed him nor did they crucify him, but it was only made to appear like so to them^[1063]. Indeed those who differed regarding him are ˹extremely˺ doubtful about him; they have no ˹real˺ knowledge about him; they are only following guesses. Certainly they did not kill him,

[1063] One interpretation of shubbih lahum (He/it was only made to appear like so to them) is that another person was made to assume his likeness, so they mistook him for Jesus (عليه السلام) (cf. al-Wāḥidī, al-Wajīz, al-Qurṭubī, Ibn Kathīr, al-Saʿdī, al-Shinqīṭī).