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Al-Ma'idah 17

Ayah 17 of 120 · Medinan

لَّقَدۡ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلۡمَسِيحُ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَۚ قُلۡ فَمَن يَمۡلِكُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيۡـًٔا إِنۡ أَرَادَ أَن يُهۡلِكَ ٱلۡمَسِيحَ ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ وَأُمَّهُۥ وَمَن فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ جَمِيعٗاۗ وَلِلَّهِ مُلۡكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ وَمَا بَيۡنَهُمَاۚ يَخۡلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ ١٧

They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allāh is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allāh at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. لَّقَدۡCertainlylaqad
  2. كَفَرَdisbelieved kafara
  3. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  4. قَالُوٓاْsaidqālū
  5. إِنَّIndeedinna
  6. ٱللَّهَAllahl-laha
  7. هُوَHehuwa
  8. ٱلۡمَسِيحُ(is) the Messiahl-masīḥu
  9. ٱبۡنُsonub'nu
  10. مَرۡيَمَۚ(of) Maryammaryama
  11. قُلۡSayqul
  12. فَمَنThen whofaman
  13. يَمۡلِكُhas poweryamliku
  14. مِنَagainstmina
  15. ٱللَّهِAllahl-lahi
  16. شَيۡـًٔا(in) anythingshayan
  17. إِنۡifin
  18. أَرَادَHe intendsarāda
  19. أَنtoan
  20. يُهۡلِكَdestroyyuh'lika
  21. ٱلۡمَسِيحَthe Messiahl-masīḥa
  22. ٱبۡنَsonib'na
  23. مَرۡيَمَ(of) Maryammaryama
  24. وَأُمَّهُۥand his motherwa-ummahu
  25. وَمَنand whoeverwaman
  26. فِي(is) infī
  27. ٱلۡأَرۡضِthe earthl-arḍi
  28. جَمِيعٗاۗalljamīʿan
  29. وَلِلَّهِAnd for Allahwalillahi
  30. مُلۡكُ(is the) dominionmul'ku
  31. ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ(of) the heavensl-samāwāti
  32. وَٱلۡأَرۡضِand the earthwal-arḍi
  33. وَمَاand whatwamā
  34. بَيۡنَهُمَاۚ(is) between both of thembaynahumā
  35. يَخۡلُقُHe createsyakhluqu
  36. مَاwhatmā
  37. يَشَآءُۚHe willsyashāu
  38. وَٱللَّهُand Allahwal-lahu
  39. عَلَىٰ(is) onʿalā
  40. كُلِّeverykulli
  41. شَيۡءٖthingshayin
  42. قَدِيرٞAll-Powerfulqadīrun

Tafsir

Those Christians who say that ‘Allah is the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary’ have committed disbelief. Say to them, O Messenger: Who is able to prevent Allah from destroying the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, as well as his mother and all of those on earth if He wishes to do so? If no one is able to stop Allah from this, it is a clear indication that there is no god but Allah and that all of those people – Jesus, son of Mary, his mother and all of creation – are all Allah’s creation. The dominion of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, is Allah’s. He creates whatever He wishes and one such creation of His was Jesus (peace be upon him), who was His servant and messenger. Allah is able to do all things. nothing is outside His ability. He created Adam without a father or mother. He created Eve without a mother and He created Jesus without a father.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran