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Al-Ma'idah (The Table Spread)

Verse 75of 120

مَّا ٱلْمَسِيحُ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌۭ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُۥ صِدِّيقَةٌۭ ۖ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ ٱلطَّعَامَ ۗ ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱنظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ﴿٧٥

Translation (Sahih International)

The Messiah, son of Mary, was not but a messenger; [other] messengers have passed on before him. And his mother was a supporter of truth. They both used to eat food. Look how We make clear to them the signs; then look how they are deluded.

Word-by-word meaning

مَّاNot
ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥu(is) the Messiah
ٱبْنُub'nuson
مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
إِلَّاillābut
رَسُولٌۭrasūluna Messenger
قَدْqadcertainly
خَلَتْkhalathad passed
مِنminfrom
قَبْلِهِqablihibefore him
ٱلرُّسُلُl-rusuluthe Messengers
وَأُمُّهُۥwa-ummuhuAnd his mother
صِدِّيقَةٌۭ ۖṣiddīqatun(was) truthful
كَانَاkānāThey both used to
يَأْكُلَانِyakulānieat
ٱلطَّعَامَ ۗl-ṭaʿāma[the] food
ٱنظُرْunẓurSee
كَيْفَkayfahow
نُبَيِّنُnubayyinuWe make clear
لَهُمُlahumuto them
ٱلْـَٔايَـٰتِl-āyātithe Signs
ثُمَّthummathen
ٱنظُرْunẓursee
أَنَّىٰannāhow
يُؤْفَكُونَyu'fakūnathey are deluded

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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