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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — 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 ﴿116﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) when Allâh will say (on the Day of Resurrection): "O ‘Îsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Did you say unto men: ‘Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allâh?’ " He will say: "Glory be to You! It was not for me to say what I had no right (to say). Had I said such a thing, You would surely have known it. You know what is in my inner-self though I do not know what is in Yours; truly, You, only You, are the All-Knower of all that is hidden (and unseen).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَإِذْ
wa-idh
And when
قَالَ
qāla
said
ٱللَّهُ
l-lahu
Allah
يَـٰعِيسَى
yāʿīsā
O Isa
ٱبْنَ
ib'na
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
ءَأَنتَ
a-anta
Did you
قُلْتَ
qul'ta
say
لِلنَّاسِ
lilnnāsi
to the people
ٱتَّخِذُونِى
ittakhidhūnī
Take me
وَأُمِّىَ
wa-ummiya
and my mother
إِلَـٰهَيْنِ
ilāhayni
(as) two gods
مِن
min
from
دُونِ
dūni
besides
ٱللَّهِ ۖ
l-lahi
Allah
قَالَ
qāla
He said
سُبْحَـٰنَكَ
sub'ḥānaka
Glory be to You
مَا
mā
Not
يَكُونُ
yakūnu
was
لِىٓ
lī
for me
أَنْ
an
that
أَقُولَ
aqūla
I say
مَا
mā
what
لَيْسَ
laysa
not
لِى
lī
I
بِحَقٍّ ۚ
biḥaqqin
(had) right
إِن
in
If
كُنتُ
kuntu
I had
قُلْتُهُۥ
qul'tuhu
said it
فَقَدْ
faqad
then surely
عَلِمْتَهُۥ ۚ
ʿalim'tahu
You would have known it
تَعْلَمُ
taʿlamu
You know
مَا
mā
what
فِى
fī
(is) in
نَفْسِى
nafsī
myself
وَلَآ
walā
and not
أَعْلَمُ
aʿlamu
I know
مَا
mā
what
فِى
fī
(is) in
نَفْسِكَ ۚ
nafsika
Yourself
إِنَّكَ
innaka
Indeed, You
أَنتَ
anta
You
عَلَّـٰمُ
ʿallāmu
(are) All-Knower
ٱلْغُيُوبِ
l-ghuyūbi
(of) the unseen
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
116. 1. This question will be asked on the Day of Resurrection, and its purpose is to rebuke and reprimand those who took others as deities besides Allah, that those whom you considered as deities and fulfillers of needs are themselves answerable in the court of Allah. The second point learned is that the Christians made both Hazrat Masih (Jesus) ؑ and Hazrat Maryam (Mary) (علیہا السلام) deities (objects of worship) besides Allah. The third point learned is that "besides Allah" (min doonillah) does not only refer to those whom the polytheists made into idols of stone or wood and worshipped, as the grave-worshipping scholars of today mislead their followers by making them believe, but according to Allah, even those servants are included in "besides Allah" whom people worshipped in any manner, just as the Christians did with Hazrat Isa ؑ and Maryam.
116. 2. Hazrat Isa (Jesus) ؑ is denying the knowledge of the unseen regarding himself in such clear words.
116. 2. Hazrat Isa (Jesus) ؑ is denying the knowledge of the unseen regarding himself in such clear words.
