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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 113of 120

قَالُوا۟ نُرِيدُ أَن نَّأْكُلَ مِنْهَا وَتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنَا وَنَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ صَدَقْتَنَا وَنَكُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ﴿١١٣

Translation (Sahih International)

They said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالُوا۟qālūThey said
نُرِيدُnurīduWe wish
أَنanthat
نَّأْكُلَnakulawe eat
مِنْهَاmin'hāfrom it
وَتَطْمَئِنَّwataṭma-innaand satisfy
قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunāour hearts
وَنَعْلَمَwanaʿlamaand we know
أَنanthat
قَدْqadcertainly
صَدَقْتَنَاṣadaqtanāyou have spoken the truth to us
وَنَكُونَwanakūnaand we be
عَلَيْهَاʿalayhāover it
مِنَminaamong
ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīnathe witnesses

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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