﴿ ۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ ﴾

“NOW WHENEVER [the nature of] the son of Mary is set forth as an example, [O Muhammad,] lo! thy people raise an outcry on this score,”

(And when the son of Mary is quoted as an example) they likened him to their deities, (behold! the folk laugh out) upon hearing the words of 'Abdullah al-Zib'ari and his folk,