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An-Nisa 172

Ayah 172 of 176 · Medinan

لَّن يَسۡتَنكِفَ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ أَن يَكُونَ عَبۡدٗا لِّلَّهِ وَلَا ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَۚ وَمَن يَسۡتَنكِفۡ عَنۡ عِبَادَتِهِۦ وَيَسۡتَكۡبِرۡ فَسَيَحۡشُرُهُمۡ إِلَيۡهِ جَمِيعٗا ١٧٢

Never would the Messiah disdain to be a servant of Allāh, nor would the angels near [to Him]. And whoever disdains His worship and is arrogant - He will gather them to Himself all together.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّنNeverlan
  2. يَسۡتَنكِفَwill disdainyastankifa
  3. ٱلۡمَسِيحُthe Messiahl-masīḥu
  4. أَنtoan
  5. يَكُونَbeyakūna
  6. عَبۡدٗاa slaveʿabdan
  7. لِّلَّهِof Allahlillahi
  8. وَلَاand notwalā
  9. ٱلۡمَلَٰٓئِكَةُthe Angelsl-malāikatu
  10. ٱلۡمُقَرَّبُونَۚthe ones who are near (to Allah)l-muqarabūna
  11. وَمَنAnd whoeverwaman
  12. يَسۡتَنكِفۡdisdainsyastankif
  13. عَنۡfromʿan
  14. عِبَادَتِهِۦHis worshipʿibādatihi
  15. وَيَسۡتَكۡبِرۡand is arrogantwayastakbir
  16. فَسَيَحۡشُرُهُمۡthen He will gather themfasayaḥshuruhum
  17. إِلَيۡهِtowards Himilayhi
  18. جَمِيعٗاall togetherjamīʿan

Tafsir

Jesus, son of Mary, will never be proud and reject being a servant of Allah. The close angels who do not go against Allah’s instruction and who do as they are instructed will also never disregard being Allah’s servants. How, then, do you take Jesus as a god? How do the idolaters take angels as gods? If anyone rejects worshipping Allah and turns away from it, the He will gather all of them before Him on the Day of Rising and will recompense each one with what they deserve.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran