سُوْرَةُ الزُّخْرُفِ
Surah Az-Zukhruf (43) — Ayah 57
۞ وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ ﴿57﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And when the son of Maryam (Mary) is quoted as an example [i.e. ‘Îsâ (Jesus) is worshipped like their idols], behold, your people cry aloud (laugh out at the example).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
۞ وَلَمَّا
walammā
And when
ضُرِبَ
ḍuriba
is presented
ٱبْنُ
ub'nu
(the) son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
مَثَلًا
mathalan
(as) an example
إِذَا
idhā
behold
قَوْمُكَ
qawmuka
Your people
مِنْهُ
min'hu
about it
يَصِدُّونَ
yaṣiddūna
laughed aloud
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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57. And when the example of Jesus, son of Mary, was presented, your people raised an uproar [55] about it.
[55]
The Entry of Deities into Hell and the Matter of Sayyiduna Isa (Jesus):
When this verse from Surah Al-Anbiya ﴿اِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ﴾ [98:21] "That is, you and the things which you worship besides Allah will all be fuel for Hell" was revealed, the polytheists of Makkah raised the objection that Isa (Jesus) ؑ is also worshipped. So, will he also be fuel for Hell? Then they began to widely propagate this objection. Abdullah bin al-Ziba'ra raised this very question to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he remained silent, because he preferred that the answers to such objections from the polytheists should be revealed through revelation rather than giving a personal response. Upon his silence, the polytheists began to laugh loudly and openly, implying that their argument had silenced Muhammad ﷺ. In other words, they felt they had presented such a decisive argument that they had won the debate.
[55]
The Entry of Deities into Hell and the Matter of Sayyiduna Isa (Jesus):
When this verse from Surah Al-Anbiya ﴿اِنَّكُمْ وَمَا تَعْبُدُوْنَ مِنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ حَصَبُ جَهَنَّمَ﴾ [98:21] "That is, you and the things which you worship besides Allah will all be fuel for Hell" was revealed, the polytheists of Makkah raised the objection that Isa (Jesus) ؑ is also worshipped. So, will he also be fuel for Hell? Then they began to widely propagate this objection. Abdullah bin al-Ziba'ra raised this very question to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he remained silent, because he preferred that the answers to such objections from the polytheists should be revealed through revelation rather than giving a personal response. Upon his silence, the polytheists began to laugh loudly and openly, implying that their argument had silenced Muhammad ﷺ. In other words, they felt they had presented such a decisive argument that they had won the debate.
