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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 17of 120

لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قُلْ فَمَن يَمْلِكُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا إِنْ أَرَادَ أَن يُهْلِكَ ٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًۭا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ قَدِيرٌۭ﴿١٧

Translation (Sahih International)

They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allah is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allah at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.

Word-by-word meaning

لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
كَفَرَkafaradisbelieved
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
قَالُوٓا۟qālūsaid
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
هُوَhuwaHe
ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥu(is) the Messiah
ٱبْنُub'nuson
مَرْيَمَ ۚmaryama(of) Maryam
قُلْqulSay
فَمَنfamanThen who
يَمْلِكُyamlikuhas power
مِنَminaagainst
ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
شَيْـًٔاshayan(in) anything
إِنْinif
أَرَادَarādaHe intends
أَنanto
يُهْلِكَyuh'likadestroy
ٱلْمَسِيحَl-masīḥathe Messiah
ٱبْنَib'nason
مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
وَأُمَّهُۥwa-ummahuand his mother
وَمَنwamanand whoever
فِى(is) in
ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
جَمِيعًۭا ۗjamīʿanall
وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for Allah
مُلْكُmul'ku(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَمَاwamāand what
بَيْنَهُمَا ۚbaynahumā(is) between both of them
يَخْلُقُyakhluquHe creates
مَاwhat
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuand Allah
عَلَىٰʿalā(is) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
قَدِيرٌۭqadīrunAll-Powerful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Polytheism and Disbelief of the ChristiansAllah states that the Christians are disbelievers because of their claim that `Isa, son of Maryam, one of Allah's servants and creatures, is Allah. Allah is holier than what they attribute to Him.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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