(43:53) Then why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?" (43:54) So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah]. (43:55) And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all. (43:56) And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples. (43:57) And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud. (43:58) And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute. (43:59) Jesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.
