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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 117of 120

مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًۭا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ شَهِيدٌ﴿١١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness.

Word-by-word meaning

مَاNot
قُلْتُqul'tuI said
لَهُمْlahumto them
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَآwhat
أَمَرْتَنِىamartanīYou commanded me
بِهِۦٓbihi[with it]
أَنِanithat
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūYou worship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚwarabbakumand your Lord
وَكُنتُwakuntuAnd I was
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
شَهِيدًۭاshahīdana witness
مَّاthat
دُمْتُdum'tuas long as I
فِيهِمْ ۖfīhim(was) among them
فَلَمَّاfalammāthen when
تَوَفَّيْتَنِىtawaffaytanīYou raised me
كُنتَkuntaYou were
أَنتَanta[You]
ٱلرَّقِيبَl-raqībathe Watcher
عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimover them
وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
شَهِيدٌshahīduna Witness

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

`Isa Rejects Shirk and Affirms TawhidAllah will also speak to His servant and Messenger, `Isa son of Maryam, peace be upon him, saying to him on the Day of Resurrection in the presence of those who worshipped `Isa and his mother as gods besides Allah,يعِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ أَءَنتَ قُلتَ لِلنَّاسِ اتَّخِذُونِى وَأُمِّىَ إِلَـهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ(O `Isa, son of Maryam! Did you say unto men: `Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah') This is a threat and a warning to Christians, chas...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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