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Al-Ma'idah 117

Ayah 117 of 120 · Medinan

مَا قُلۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرۡتَنِي بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّي وَرَبَّكُمۡۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيۡهِمۡ شَهِيدٗا مَّا دُمۡتُ فِيهِمۡۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيۡتَنِي كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيۡهِمۡۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ شَهِيدٌ ١١٧

I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allāh, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. مَاNotmā
  2. قُلۡتُI saidqul'tu
  3. لَهُمۡto themlahum
  4. إِلَّاexceptillā
  5. مَآwhatmā
  6. أَمَرۡتَنِيYou commanded meamartanī
  7. بِهِۦٓ[with it]bihi
  8. أَنِthatani
  9. ٱعۡبُدُواْYou worshipuʿ'budū
  10. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  11. رَبِّيmy Lordrabbī
  12. وَرَبَّكُمۡۚand your Lordwarabbakum
  13. وَكُنتُAnd I waswakuntu
  14. عَلَيۡهِمۡover themʿalayhim
  15. شَهِيدٗاa witnessshahīdan
  16. مَّاthatmā
  17. دُمۡتُas long as Idum'tu
  18. فِيهِمۡۖ(was) among themfīhim
  19. فَلَمَّاthen whenfalammā
  20. تَوَفَّيۡتَنِيYou raised metawaffaytanī
  21. كُنتَYou werekunta
  22. أَنتَ[You]anta
  23. ٱلرَّقِيبَthe Watcherl-raqība
  24. عَلَيۡهِمۡۚover themʿalayhim
  25. وَأَنتَand Youwa-anta
  26. عَلَىٰ(are) onʿalā
  27. كُلِّeverykulli
  28. شَيۡءٖthingshayin
  29. شَهِيدٌa Witnessshahīdun

Tafsir

Jesus will say to His Lord, ‘I only told people what you instructed me to tell them: to worship You alone. For as long as I remained amongst them I watched over what they were saying. When my term ended and I was raised to the sky alive, You, O Lord, were watching their actions. You are a witness to everything and nothing is hidden from You; so You know what I said to them and what they said after me’.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran

Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 117 · Al-Murshid