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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 18of 120

وَقَالَتِ ٱلْيَهُودُ وَٱلنَّصَٰرَىٰ نَحْنُ أَبْنَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱللَّهِ وَأَحِبَّٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚ قُلْ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُم بِذُنُوبِكُم ۖ بَلْ أَنتُم بَشَرٌۭ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ۚ يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ﴿١٨

Translation (Sahih International)

But the Jews and the Christians say, "We are the children of Allah and His beloved." Say, "Then why does He punish you for your sins?" Rather, you are human beings from among those He has created. He forgives whom He wills, and He punishes whom He wills. And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them, and to Him is the [final] destination.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَالَتِwaqālatiAnd said
ٱلْيَهُودُl-yahūduthe Jews
وَٱلنَّصَـٰرَىٰwal-naṣārāand the Christians
نَحْنُnaḥnuWe (are)
أَبْنَـٰٓؤُا۟abnāu(the) children
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَأَحِبَّـٰٓؤُهُۥ ۚwa-aḥibbāuhuand His beloved
قُلْqulSay
فَلِمَfalimaThen why
يُعَذِّبُكُمyuʿadhibukum(does He) punish you
بِذُنُوبِكُم ۖbidhunūbikumfor your sins
بَلْbalNay
أَنتُمantumyou (are)
بَشَرٌۭbasharunhuman beings
مِّمَّنْmimmanfrom among (those)
خَلَقَ ۚkhalaqaHe created
يَغْفِرُyaghfiruHe forgives
لِمَنliman[for] whom
يَشَآءُyashāuHe wills
وَيُعَذِّبُwayuʿadhibuand punishes
مَنmanwhom
يَشَآءُ ۚyashāuHe wills
وَلِلَّهِwalillahiAnd for Allah
مُلْكُmul'ku(is the) dominion
ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti(of) the heavens
وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍiand the earth
وَمَاwamāand whatever
بَيْنَهُمَا ۖbaynahumā(is) between them
وَإِلَيْهِwa-ilayhiand to Him
ٱلْمَصِيرُl-maṣīru(is) the final return

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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