God said to the Prophet (may God bless him and grant him peace): 'They did not strike it for you except as a dispute.' He revealed concerning Jesus, his mother, and the angels: 'Indeed, those for whom the good (reward) has preceded from Us, they are kept away from it.'

The interpretation of this has already passed.

Muhammad said: His saying 'except as a dispute' means: seeking to argue. It is said: 'Jadula al-rajulu jadalan' (a man argued in a dispute), thus he is a person of dispute.

'He is not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor' with prophethood; meaning: Jesus. 'And We made him a sign' meaning: an example 'for the Children of Israel.' Mujahid's interpretation: God made him an example for them through what he used to perform of those miracles, such as healing the blind and the leper, and what God taught him.