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Az-Zukhruf 59

Ayah 59 of 89 · Meccan

إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبۡدٌ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ مَثَلٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩

He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِنۡNotin
  2. هُوَhehuwa
  3. إِلَّا(was) exceptillā
  4. عَبۡدٌa slaveʿabdun
  5. أَنۡعَمۡنَاWe bestowed Our favoranʿamnā
  6. عَلَيۡهِon himʿalayhi
  7. وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُand We made himwajaʿalnāhu
  8. مَثَلٗاan examplemathalan
  9. لِّبَنِيٓfor (the) Children of Israellibanī
  10. إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَfor (the) Children of Israelis'rāīla

Tafsir

Jesus, the son of Mary is nothing but a servant from the servants of Allah whom He favoured with messengership and made him an example for the Israelites. They can use him as proof of the power of Allah because He created him without a father, just like He created Adam without parents.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran