John 3

Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. ²Nicodemus came to 'Isa by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from Allah, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless Allah is with him."

³'Isa answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of Allah."

⁴Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"

⁵'Isa answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of Allah! ⁶That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit. ⁷Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' ⁸The wind[1] blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit."

⁹Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"

¹⁰'Isa answered him, "Are you a teacher of Israel, and do not understand these things? ¹¹Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you do not receive our witness. ¹²If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? ¹³No one has ascended into heaven, except he who descended out of heaven: Ibn Adam . ¹⁴As Musa lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must Ibn Adam be lifted up, ¹⁵that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁶For Allah so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷For Allah did not send his Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world should be saved through him. ¹⁸He who believes in him is not judged. He who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Ibn Allah . ¹⁹This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil. ²⁰For everyone who does evil hates the light, and does not come to the light, lest his works would be exposed. ²¹But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his works may be revealed, that they have been done in Allah."

²²After these things, 'Isa came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized. ²³Yahya also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized. ²⁴For Yahya was not yet thrown into prison. ²⁵There arose therefore a questioning on the part of Yahya's disciples with some Jews about purification. ²⁶They came to Yahya, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."

²⁷Yahya answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven. ²⁸You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not al-Masih,' but, 'I have been sent before him.' ²⁹He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full. ³⁰He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. ³²What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness. ³³He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that Allah is true. ³⁴For he whom Allah has sent speaks the words of Allah; for Allah gives the Spirit without measure. ³⁵The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. ³⁶One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys[2] the Son will not see life, but the wrath of Allah remains on him."