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Al-Ma'idah 112

Ayah 112 of 120 · Medinan

إِذۡ قَالَ ٱلۡحَوَارِيُّونَ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ هَلۡ يَسۡتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيۡنَا مَآئِدَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِۖ قَالَ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ ١١٢

[And remember] when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord1 send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven?" [Jesus] said, "Fear Allāh, if you should be believers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., will Allāh consent to. (His ability is undoubted.)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. إِذۡWhenidh
  2. قَالَsaidqāla
  3. ٱلۡحَوَارِيُّونَthe disciplesl-ḥawāriyūna
  4. يَٰعِيسَىO Isayāʿīsā
  5. ٱبۡنَsonib'na
  6. مَرۡيَمَ(of) Maryammaryama
  7. هَلۡIshal
  8. يَسۡتَطِيعُableyastaṭīʿu
  9. رَبُّكَyour Lordrabbuka
  10. أَنtoan
  11. يُنَزِّلَsend downyunazzila
  12. عَلَيۡنَاto usʿalaynā
  13. مَآئِدَةٗa table spreadmāidatan
  14. مِّنَfrommina
  15. ٱلسَّمَآءِۖthe heavenl-samāi
  16. قَالَHe saidqāla
  17. ٱتَّقُواْFearittaqū
  18. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  19. إِنifin
  20. كُنتُمyou arekuntum
  21. مُّؤۡمِنِينَbelieversmu'minīna

Tafsir

Remember when the disciples said, ‘Can you call on your Lord to send down a table from the sky?’ Jesus (peace be upon him) responded to them by telling them to be mindful of Allah and not to ask for such a thing, as it may prove to be a trial for them. He said to them, ‘Place your trust in your Lord in seeking provision, if you are truly believers’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran