Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 116
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
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.
Word by word
- وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
- قَالَqālasaid
- ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
- يَـٰعِيسَىyāʿīsāO Isa
- ٱبْنَib'nason
- مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
- ءَأَنتَa-antaDid you
- قُلْتَqul'tasay
- لِلنَّاسِlilnnāsito the people
- ٱتَّخِذُونِىittakhidhūnīTake me
- وَأُمِّىَwa-ummiyaand my mother
- إِلَـٰهَيْنِilāhayni(as) two gods
- مِنminfrom
- دُونِdūnibesides
- ٱللَّهِ ۖl-lahiAllah
- قَالَqālaHe said
- سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
- مَاmāNot
- يَكُونُyakūnuwas
- لِىٓlīfor me
- أَنْanthat
- أَقُولَaqūlaI say
- مَاmāwhat
- لَيْسَlaysanot
- لِىlīI
- بِحَقٍّ ۚbiḥaqqin(had) right
- إِنinIf
- كُنتُkuntuI had
- قُلْتُهُۥqul'tuhusaid it
- فَقَدْfaqadthen surely
- عَلِمْتَهُۥ ۚʿalim'tahuYou would have known it
- تَعْلَمُtaʿlamuYou know
- مَاmāwhat
- فِىfī(is) in
- نَفْسِىnafsīmyself
- وَلَآwalāand not
- أَعْلَمُaʿlamuI know
- مَاmāwhat
- فِىfī(is) in
- نَفْسِكَ ۚnafsikaYourself
- إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You
- أَنتَantaYou
- عَلَّـٰمُʿallāmu(are) All-Knower
- ٱلْغُيُوبِl-ghuyūbi(of) the unseen
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