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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 118of 120

إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ ۖ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ﴿١١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

If You should punish them - indeed they are Your servants; but if You forgive them - indeed it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

Word-by-word meaning

إِنinIf
تُعَذِّبْهُمْtuʿadhib'humYou punish them
فَإِنَّهُمْfa-innahumthen indeed they
عِبَادُكَ ۖʿibāduka(are) Your slaves
وَإِنwa-inand if
تَغْفِرْtaghfirYou forgive
لَهُمْlahum[for] them
فَإِنَّكَfa-innakathen indeed You
أَنتَantaYou
ٱلْعَزِيزُl-ʿazīzu(are) the All-Mighty
ٱلْحَكِيمُl-ḥakīmuthe All-Wise

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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