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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

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إِذْ قَالَ ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖ قَالَ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ﴿١١٢

Translation (Sahih International)

[And remember] when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven? [Jesus] said," Fear Allah, if you should be believers."

Word-by-word meaning

إِذْidhWhen
قَالَqālasaid
ٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَl-ḥawāriyūnathe disciples
يَـٰعِيسَىyāʿīsāO Isa
ٱبْنَib'nason
مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
هَلْhalIs
يَسْتَطِيعُyastaṭīʿuable
رَبُّكَrabbukayour Lord
أَنanto
يُنَزِّلَyunazzilasend down
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
مَآئِدَةًۭmāidatana table spread
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِ ۖl-samāithe heaven
قَالَqālaHe said
ٱتَّقُوا۟ittaqūFear
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
إِنinif
كُنتُمkuntumyou are
مُّؤْمِنِينَmu'minīnabelievers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Sending Down the Ma'idahThis is the story of the Ma'idah, the name of which this Surah bears, Surat Al-Ma'idah. This is also among the favors that Allah granted His servant and Messenger, `Isa, accepting his request to send the Ma'idah down, and doing so as clear proof and unequivocal evidence. Allah said, إِذْ قَالَ الْحَوَارِيُّونَ((Remember) when Al-Hawaryun said...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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