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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 73of 120

لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَٰثَةٍۢ ۘ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَٰهٌۭ وَٰحِدٌۭ ۚ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا۟ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ﴿٧٣

Translation (Sahih International)

They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.

Word-by-word meaning

لَّقَدْlaqadCertainly
كَفَرَkafaradisbelieved
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
قَالُوٓا۟qālūsay
إِنَّinnaIndeed
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
ثَالِثُthālithu(is the) third
ثَلَـٰثَةٍۢ ۘthalāthatin(of) three
وَمَاwamāAnd (there is) no
مِنْmin[of]
إِلَـٰهٍilāhingod
إِلَّآillāexcept
إِلَـٰهٌۭilāhun(the) God
وَٰحِدٌۭ ۚwāḥidun(the) One
وَإِنwa-inAnd if
لَّمْlamnot
يَنتَهُوا۟yantahūthey desist
عَمَّاʿammāfrom what
يَقُولُونَyaqūlūnathey are saying
لَيَمَسَّنَّlayamassannasurely will afflict
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
كَفَرُوا۟kafarūdisbelieved
مِنْهُمْmin'humamong them
عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
أَلِيمٌalīmunpainful

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Disbelief of the Christians; `Isa Only called to TawhidAllah states that the Christians such sects as Monarchite, Jacobite and Nestorite are disbelievers, those among them who say that `Isa is Allah. Allah is far holier than what they attribute to Him. They made this claim in spite of the fact that `Isa made it known that he was the servant of Allah and His Messenger. The first words that `Isa uttered when he was still a baby in the cradle were, "I am `Abdullah (the servant of Allah).

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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