[And when Allah said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people"]—meaning specifically to the Children of Israel—["Take me and my mother as deities besides Allah?"]. He will say this on the Day of Resurrection. [He said, "Exalted are You!"]—he declares Allah free from having said it—["It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen." And Allah already knew that he did not say it.
﴿وَإِذْ قَالَ اللَّهُ يَا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَأَنْتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ﴾ يَعْنِي: لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ خَاصَّةً ﴿اتَّخِذُونِي وَأُمِّيَ إِلَهَيْنِ مِنْ دُونِ اللَّهِ﴾ يَقُولُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ. ﴿قَالَ سُبْحَانَكَ﴾ يُنَزِّهُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَالَهُ ﴿مَا يَكُونُ لِي أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِي بِحَقٍّ إِنْ كُنْتُ قُلْتُهُ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِي وَلا أَعْلَمُ مَا فِي نَفْسِكَ إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ علام الغيوب﴾ وَقَدْ عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ لَمْ يقلهُ.
