The Holy Quran 5:116 — Surah Al-Ma'idah

Arabic text

وَإِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَـٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ءَأَنتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ ٱتَّخِذُونِى وَأُمِّىَ إِلَـٰهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِىٓ أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِحَقٍّ ۚ إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُۥ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُۥ ۚ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِكَ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

Translation

(Do not forget the time) When (on the Day of Qiyaamah) Allaah shall say, "O Isa عليه الصلاة والسلام son of Maryam! Did you say to the people, 'Take myself and my mother both as Ilaah instead of Allaah?" He (Isa عليه الصلاة والسلام) will reply, "I express Your purity (You have no need for partners) ! It does not befit me to say what I have no right to say! If I had said so, You would certainly have knowledge of it (You therefore know that I did not say anything like it). You know what is in my heart and I do not know what is in Your knowledge. Most assuredly, You are the Knower of the unseen."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

Almighty Allah's question to Isa ﵇: the previous ruku' (section) was in reality an introduction to this ruku'. At the beginning of the previous ruku', with the words يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ اللّٰهُ الرُّسُلَ (“The day when Allah will gather the messengers…”) etc.

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