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Al-Ma'idah 116

Ayah 116 of 120 · Medinan

وَإِذۡ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ ءَأَنتَ قُلۡتَ لِلنَّاسِ ٱتَّخِذُونِي وَأُمِّيَ إِلَٰهَيۡنِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِۖ قَالَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِيٓ أَنۡ أَقُولَ مَا لَيۡسَ لِي بِحَقٍّۚ إِن كُنتُ قُلۡتُهُۥ فَقَدۡ عَلِمۡتَهُۥۚ تَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي نَفۡسِي وَلَآ أَعۡلَمُ مَا فِي نَفۡسِكَۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلۡغُيُوبِ ١١٦

And [beware the Day] when Allāh will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allāh?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَإِذۡAnd whenwa-idh
  2. قَالَsaidqāla
  3. ٱللَّهُAllahl-lahu
  4. يَٰعِيسَىO Isayāʿīsā
  5. ٱبۡنَsonib'na
  6. مَرۡيَمَ(of) Maryammaryama
  7. ءَأَنتَDid youa-anta
  8. قُلۡتَsayqul'ta
  9. لِلنَّاسِto the peoplelilnnāsi
  10. ٱتَّخِذُونِيTake meittakhidhūnī
  11. وَأُمِّيَand my motherwa-ummiya
  12. إِلَٰهَيۡنِ(as) two godsilāhayni
  13. مِنfrommin
  14. دُونِbesidesdūni
  15. ٱللَّهِۖAllahl-lahi
  16. قَالَHe saidqāla
  17. سُبۡحَٰنَكَGlory be to Yousub'ḥānaka
  18. مَاNotmā
  19. يَكُونُwasyakūnu
  20. لِيٓfor melī
  21. أَنۡthatan
  22. أَقُولَI sayaqūla
  23. مَاwhatmā
  24. لَيۡسَnotlaysa
  25. لِيIlī
  26. بِحَقٍّۚ(had) rightbiḥaqqin
  27. إِنIfin
  28. كُنتُI hadkuntu
  29. قُلۡتُهُۥsaid itqul'tuhu
  30. فَقَدۡthen surelyfaqad
  31. عَلِمۡتَهُۥۚYou would have known itʿalim'tahu
  32. تَعۡلَمُYou knowtaʿlamu
  33. مَاwhatmā
  34. فِي(is) infī
  35. نَفۡسِيmyselfnafsī
  36. وَلَآand notwalā
  37. أَعۡلَمُI knowaʿlamu
  38. مَاwhatmā
  39. فِي(is) infī
  40. نَفۡسِكَۚYourselfnafsika
  41. إِنَّكَIndeed, Youinnaka
  42. أَنتَYouanta
  43. عَلَّٰمُ(are) All-Knowerʿallāmu
  44. ٱلۡغُيُوبِ(of) the unseenl-ghuyūbi

Tafsir

Remember that Allah will address Jesus son of Mary (peace be with him) on the Day of Rising and ask him whether he told people to worship him and his mother besides Allah. Jesus will reply, declaring Allah’s purity, ‘It was not right for me to tell them anything but the truth. If I had said that You would know it, because nothing is hidden from You. You know what I keep hidden within myself, but I do not know what is with You. You are the only one who knows everything that is hidden and everything that is apparent’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran