Jesus confirms the Torah and announces a messenger to come after him.
The verses are on the Qur’anic passages. Each commentary below is complete for The good news of Aḥmad (61:6); choose a work to read it, or read them in order from the earliest.
The commentaries on these verses
- al-Ṭabarī (d. 310 AH / 923 CE), about 340 words.
- al-Baghawī (d. 516 AH / 1122 CE), about 380 words.
- al-Qurṭubī (d. 671 AH / 1273 CE), about 830 words.
- Ibn Kathīr (d. 774 AH / 1373 CE), about 1,960 words.
- Tanwīr al-Miqbās (d. compiler d. 817 AH / 1414 CE), about 140 words.
- al-Jalālayn (d. 864 AH / 1459 CE and 911 AH / 1505 CE), about 110 words.
- al-Durr al-Manthūr (d. 911 AH / 1505 CE), about 580 words.
- al-Saʿdī (d. 1376 AH / 1956 CE), about 350 words.
Where these verses stand in the gospel
The same commentaries are woven into Section 24 (61:6-6) of The Gospel According to Islam, at the point in the story where the verses are told.