سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 157
وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَـٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ فِيهِ لَفِى شَكٍّ مِّنْهُ ۚ مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًۢا ﴿157﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And because of their saying (in boast), "We killed Messiah ‘Îsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary), the Messenger of Allâh," - but they killed him not, nor crucified him, but it appeared so to them [the resemblance of ‘Îsâ (Jesus) was put over another man (and they killed that man)], and those who differ therein are full of doubts. They have no (certain) knowledge, they follow nothing but conjecture. For surely; they killed him not [i.e. ‘Îsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary) عليهما السلام]:
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقَوْلِهِمْ
waqawlihim
And for their saying
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed, we
قَتَلْنَا
qatalnā
killed
ٱلْمَسِيحَ
l-masīḥa
the Messiah
عِيسَى
ʿīsā
Isa
ٱبْنَ
ib'na
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
رَسُولَ
rasūla
(the) Messenger
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
وَمَا
wamā
And not
قَتَلُوهُ
qatalūhu
they killed him
وَمَا
wamā
and not
صَلَبُوهُ
ṣalabūhu
they crucified him
وَلَـٰكِن
walākin
but
شُبِّهَ
shubbiha
it was made to appear (so)
لَهُمْ ۚ
lahum
to them
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟
ikh'talafū
differ
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
لَفِى
lafī
(are) surely in
شَكٍّۢ
shakkin
doubt
مِّنْهُ ۚ
min'hu
about it
مَا
mā
Not
لَهُم
lahum
for them
بِهِۦ
bihi
about it
مِنْ
min
[of]
عِلْمٍ
ʿil'min
(any) knowledge
إِلَّا
illā
except
ٱتِّبَاعَ
ittibāʿa
(the) following
ٱلظَّنِّ ۚ
l-ẓani
(of) assumption
وَمَا
wamā
And not
قَتَلُوهُ
qatalūhu
they killed him
يَقِينًۢا
yaqīnan
certainly
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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157. And for their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger [207] of Allah." But they neither killed him nor crucified him, but it was made to appear so to them. And those who differ concerning it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they certainly did not kill him, for sure.
[207]
The Slanders of the Jews:
The seal of wretchedness that Allah placed upon the hearts of the Jews was not only for the reasons already mentioned above. Rather, their list of crimes continues further. Among these was that they accused Lady Maryam ؑ of immorality and called our master ‘Isa ؑ illegitimate, attributing him to our master Zakariyya ؑ. Another crime was that they claimed to have killed our master ‘Isa ؑ by crucifying him. That is, not only did they deny both the miraculous birth and death of our master ‘Isa ؑ, but they also continued to level accusations against both mother and son. For these accusations and their answers, see the footnotes to Surah Al ‘Imran, verses 54 and 55.
[207]
The Slanders of the Jews:
The seal of wretchedness that Allah placed upon the hearts of the Jews was not only for the reasons already mentioned above. Rather, their list of crimes continues further. Among these was that they accused Lady Maryam ؑ of immorality and called our master ‘Isa ؑ illegitimate, attributing him to our master Zakariyya ؑ. Another crime was that they claimed to have killed our master ‘Isa ؑ by crucifying him. That is, not only did they deny both the miraculous birth and death of our master ‘Isa ؑ, but they also continued to level accusations against both mother and son. For these accusations and their answers, see the footnotes to Surah Al ‘Imran, verses 54 and 55.
