سُوْرَةُ مَرْيَمَ
Surah Maryam (19) — Ayah 30
قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّا ﴿30﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"He [‘Îsâ (Jesus)] said: "Verily I am a slave of Allâh, He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet;"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
He said
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, I am
عَبْدُ
ʿabdu
a slave
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
ءَاتَىٰنِىَ
ātāniya
He gave me
ٱلْكِتَـٰبَ
l-kitāba
the Scripture
وَجَعَلَنِى
wajaʿalanī
and made me
نَبِيًّۭا
nabiyyan
a Prophet
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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30. The child spoke: "Indeed, I am a servant of Allah [29]. He has given me the Book and made me a prophet."
[29]
By Speaking in the Cradle, Sayyiduna ‘Isa Completely Cleared His Mother of Slander:
Then Allah, by His perfect power, granted the newborn child the ability to speak, and the first thing he said was, “I am the servant of Allah.” In other words, I am neither Allah nor the son of Allah, and this was such a fundamental point that later became a matter of dispute among his followers. Some called him Allah Himself, and some called him the son of Allah. At the very beginning of his miraculous speech, he refuted this. He also said, “Allah has given me the Book and made me a Prophet.” This has two meanings: one is that Allah granted him the knowledge of the Torah, and the other is that Allah was going to grant him the Book, the Injil, and Prophethood as well. The speech of Sayyiduna ‘Isaؑ was, in fact, a complete answer to all their slanders, and the purpose of this speech was to express the complete exoneration of his mother, Lady Maryam. That is, if a newborn can speak and utter such truthful words, then it is also entirely possible that he was born miraculously without a father. In other words, the miracle of speaking at such an age was meant to confirm the miracle of his birth.
[29]
By Speaking in the Cradle, Sayyiduna ‘Isa Completely Cleared His Mother of Slander:
Then Allah, by His perfect power, granted the newborn child the ability to speak, and the first thing he said was, “I am the servant of Allah.” In other words, I am neither Allah nor the son of Allah, and this was such a fundamental point that later became a matter of dispute among his followers. Some called him Allah Himself, and some called him the son of Allah. At the very beginning of his miraculous speech, he refuted this. He also said, “Allah has given me the Book and made me a Prophet.” This has two meanings: one is that Allah granted him the knowledge of the Torah, and the other is that Allah was going to grant him the Book, the Injil, and Prophethood as well. The speech of Sayyiduna ‘Isaؑ was, in fact, a complete answer to all their slanders, and the purpose of this speech was to express the complete exoneration of his mother, Lady Maryam. That is, if a newborn can speak and utter such truthful words, then it is also entirely possible that he was born miraculously without a father. In other words, the miracle of speaking at such an age was meant to confirm the miracle of his birth.
