Surah Al-Ma'idah, ayah 117
مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ
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.
Al-Ma'idah · 5:117
Word by word
- مَاmāNot
- قُلْتُqul'tuI said
- لَهُمْlahumto them
- إِلَّاillāexcept
- مَآmāwhat
- أَمَرْتَنِىamartanīYou commanded me
- بِهِۦٓbihi[with it]
- أَنِanithat
- ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūYou worship
- ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
- رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
- وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚwarabbakumand your Lord
- وَكُنتُwakuntuAnd I was
- عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
- شَهِيدًۭاshahīdana witness
- مَّاmāthat
- دُمْتُdum'tuas long as I
- فِيهِمْ ۖfīhim(was) among them
- فَلَمَّاfalammāthen when
- تَوَفَّيْتَنِىtawaffaytanīYou raised me
- كُنتَkuntaYou were
- أَنتَanta[You]
- ٱلرَّقِيبَl-raqībathe Watcher
- عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimover them
- وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
- عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
- كُلِّkullievery
- شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
- شَهِيدٌshahīduna Witness
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