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Al-Ma'idah 111

Ayah 111 of 120 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ أَوۡحَيۡتُ إِلَى ٱلۡحَوَارِيِّـۧنَ أَنۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِي وَبِرَسُولِي قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا وَٱشۡهَدۡ بِأَنَّنَا مُسۡلِمُونَ ١١١

And [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger [i.e., Jesus]." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allāh]."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. أَوۡحَيۡتُI inspiredawḥaytu
  3. إِلَىtoilā
  4. ٱلۡحَوَارِيِّـۧنَthe disciplesl-ḥawāriyīna
  5. أَنۡtoan
  6. ءَامِنُواْbelieveāminū
  7. بِيin Mebī
  8. وَبِرَسُولِيand in My Messengerwabirasūlī
  9. قَالُوٓاْthey saidqālū
  10. ءَامَنَّاWe believeāmannā
  11. وَٱشۡهَدۡand bear witnesswa-ish'had
  12. بِأَنَّنَاthat indeed webi-annanā
  13. مُسۡلِمُونَ(are) Muslimsmus'limūna

Tafsir

Another favour that Allah reminded him about was that Allah created assistants for him when He inspired the disciples to have faith in Him and in Jesus. They submitted to that and responded saying, ‘I believe. Be a witness, O our Lord, that we submit to You in devotion’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran