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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 114of 120

قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًۭا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةًۭ مِّنكَ ۖ وَٱرْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ﴿١١٤﴾

Translation (Sahih International)

Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers."

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaSaid
عِيسَىʿīsāIsa
ٱبْنُub'nuson
مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
ٱللَّهُمَّl-lahumaO Allah
رَبَّنَآrabbanāour Lord
أَنزِلْanzilsend down
عَلَيْنَاʿalaynāto us
مَآئِدَةًۭmāidatana table spread
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāithe heaven
تَكُونُtakūnuto be
لَنَاlanāfor us
عِيدًۭاʿīdana festival
لِّأَوَّلِنَاli-awwalināfor first of us
وَءَاخِرِنَاwaākhirināand last of us
وَءَايَةًۭwaāyatanand a sign
مِّنكَ ۖminkafrom You
وَٱرْزُقْنَاwa-ur'zuq'nāAnd provide us
وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
خَيْرُkhayru(are) best
ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna(of) the providers

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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