815 In a solemn scene before the Court of Judgement, Jesus is asked to recount all the mercies and favours shown to him, so that his followers should become ashamed of their ingratitude in corrupting that Message, when they could have done so much in profiting by its purity and spiritual truth. This argument continues to the end of the Surah. 816 Cf.
2:87 and
3:62, n. 401. 817 Cf.
3:46 , and n. 388. 818 Cf.
3:48. 819 Cf.
3:49 , and n. 390. 820 Note how the words "by My leave" are repeated with each miracle to emphasise the fact that they arose, not out of the power or will of Jesus, but by the leave and will and power of Allah, who is supreme over Jesus as He is over all other mortals. 821 The Jews were seeking to take the life of Jesus long before their final attempt to crucify him; see Luke
4:28-29. Their attempt to crucify him was also foiled, according to the teaching we have received:
4:157. 822 According to Luke (
11:15 ), when Christ performed the miracle of casting out devils, the Jews said he did it through the chief of the devils, i.e., they accused him of black magic. No such miracle of casting out devils is mentioned in the Qur'an. But Moses, Jesus, and Muhammad were all accused of magic and sorcery, by those who could find no other explanation of Allah's power (R).