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An-Nisa (The Women)

Verse 157of 176

وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ لَفِى شَكٍّۢ مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًۢا﴿١٥٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain.

Word-by-word meaning

وَقَوْلِهِمْwaqawlihimAnd for their saying
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
قَتَلْنَاqatalnākilled
ٱلْمَسِيحَl-masīḥathe Messiah
عِيسَىʿīsāIsa
ٱبْنَib'nason
مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
رَسُولَrasūla(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَمَاwamāAnd not
قَتَلُوهُqatalūhuthey killed him
وَمَاwamāand not
صَلَبُوهُṣalabūhuthey crucified him
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
شُبِّهَshubbihait was made to appear (so)
لَهُمْ ۚlahumto them
وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūdiffer
فِيهِfīhiin it
لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
شَكٍّۢshakkindoubt
مِّنْهُ ۚmin'huabout it
مَاNot
لَهُمlahumfor them
بِهِۦbihiabout it
مِنْmin[of]
عِلْمٍʿil'min(any) knowledge
إِلَّاillāexcept
ٱتِّبَاعَittibāʿa(the) following
ٱلظَّنِّ ۚl-ẓani(of) assumption
وَمَاwamāAnd not
قَتَلُوهُqatalūhuthey killed him
يَقِينًۢاyaqīnancertainly

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

The Crimes of the JewsThe sins mentioned here are among the many sins that the Jews committed, which caused them to be cursed and removed far away from right guidance. The Jews broke the promises and vows that Allah took from them, and also rejected Allah's Ayat, meaning His signs and proofs, and the miracles that they witnessed at the hands of their Prophets.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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