156وَبِكُفرِهِم وَقَولِهِم عَلىٰ مَريَمَ بُهتانًا عَظيمًاMuhammad Asadand for their refusal to acknowledge the truth, and the awesome calumny which they utter against Mary,1The calumny referred to is the popular Jewish assertion that Jesus was an illegitimate child.