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Surah Al-Maaida (5) — Ayah 19
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ ۖ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ ۗ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ ﴿19﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians)! Now has come to you Our Messenger (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) making (things) clear unto you, after a break in (the series of) Messengers, lest you say: "There came unto us no bringer of glad tidings and no warner." But now has come unto you a bringer of glad tidings and a warner. And Allâh is Able to do all things.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَهْلَ
yāahla
O People
ٱلْكِتَـٰبِ
l-kitābi
(of) the Book
قَدْ
qad
Surely
جَآءَكُمْ
jāakum
has come to you
رَسُولُنَا
rasūlunā
Our Messenger
يُبَيِّنُ
yubayyinu
he makes clear
لَكُمْ
lakum
to you
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
[on]
فَتْرَةٍۢ
fatratin
(after) an interval (of cessation)
مِّنَ
mina
of
ٱلرُّسُلِ
l-rusuli
the Messengers
أَن
an
lest
تَقُولُوا۟
taqūlū
you say
مَا
mā
Not
جَآءَنَا
jāanā
(has) come to us
مِنۢ
min
any
بَشِيرٍۢ
bashīrin
bearer of glad tidings
وَلَا
walā
and not
نَذِيرٍۢ ۖ
nadhīrin
a warner
فَقَدْ
faqad
But surely
جَآءَكُم
jāakum
has come to you
بَشِيرٌۭ
bashīrun
a bearer of glad tidings
وَنَذِيرٌۭ ۗ
wanadhīrun
and a warner
وَٱللَّهُ
wal-lahu
And Allah
عَلَىٰ
ʿalā
(is) on
كُلِّ
kulli
every
شَىْءٍۢ
shayin
thing
قَدِيرٌۭ
qadīrun
All-Powerful
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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19. O People of the Book! Our Messenger has now come to you, making the commands clear to you after a break [50] in the coming of messengers, lest you say, "No bearer of glad tidings or warner ever came to us." So now a bearer of glad tidings and a warner has come to you. And Allah is Powerful over all things.
[50]
The People of the Book Awaited the Last Prophet:
Among the Children of Israel, multiple prophets were sent at the same time in one era. Both religious and worldly leadership was with them. After Sayyiduna Isa ؑ, the chain of prophethood was discontinued and remained so for six hundred years. After that, the Last Prophet was sent. The Jews used to await this Prophet and would say to the polytheists that when the Last Prophet comes, we will gather under his banner and gain victory over you. But when the Last Prophet arrived, the Jews recognized him exactly as he had been foretold to them. Then, solely on the basis that he was not from the Children of Israel, they denied his prophethood. Allah Almighty is addressing these Jews, saying that the bearer of glad tidings and warner whom you were awaiting has come. Now you have no excuse left. Therefore, if you now deny him, know well that Allah Almighty is fully capable of punishing you for this crime of disbelief. Like the Jews, the Christians were also awaiting the Last Prophet, and they thought that this Prophet would be from among them, and that they would join him to take revenge on the Jews. But when their wish was not fulfilled, most of them also became opponents of the Last Prophet.
[50]
The People of the Book Awaited the Last Prophet:
Among the Children of Israel, multiple prophets were sent at the same time in one era. Both religious and worldly leadership was with them. After Sayyiduna Isa ؑ, the chain of prophethood was discontinued and remained so for six hundred years. After that, the Last Prophet was sent. The Jews used to await this Prophet and would say to the polytheists that when the Last Prophet comes, we will gather under his banner and gain victory over you. But when the Last Prophet arrived, the Jews recognized him exactly as he had been foretold to them. Then, solely on the basis that he was not from the Children of Israel, they denied his prophethood. Allah Almighty is addressing these Jews, saying that the bearer of glad tidings and warner whom you were awaiting has come. Now you have no excuse left. Therefore, if you now deny him, know well that Allah Almighty is fully capable of punishing you for this crime of disbelief. Like the Jews, the Christians were also awaiting the Last Prophet, and they thought that this Prophet would be from among them, and that they would join him to take revenge on the Jews. But when their wish was not fulfilled, most of them also became opponents of the Last Prophet.
