Surah 5. Al-Maida, Ayah 75
| مَا الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ إِلَّا رَسُولٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِنْ قَبْلِهِ الرُّسُلُ وَأُمُّهُ صِدِّيقَةٌ ۖ كَانَا يَأْكُلَانِ الطَّعَامَ ۗ انْظُرْ كَيْفَ نُبَيِّنُ لَهُمُ الْآيَاتِ ثُمَّ انْظُرْ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ |
| Asad | : | The Christ, son of Mary, was but an apostle: all [other] apostles had passed away before him; and his mother was one who never deviated from the truth; and they both ate food [like other mortals].89 Behold how clear We make these messages unto them: and then behold how perverted are their minds!90 |
| Malik | : | Christ, the son of Maryam, was no more than a Rasool; many Rasools had already passed away before him. His mother was a truthful woman; they both ate earthly food like other human beings. See how the Revelations are made clear to them to know reality; yet see how they ignore the truth! |
| Pickthall | : | The Messiah, son of Mary, was no other than a messenger, messengers (the like of whom) had passed away before him. And his mother was a saintly woman. And they both used to eat (earthly) food. See how we make the revelations clear for them, and see how they are turned away! |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Christ the son of Mary was no more than an Apostle; many were the Apostles that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth makes His Signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth! 783 784 |
| Transliteration | : | Ma almaseehu ibnu maryama illa rasoolun qad khalat min qablihi alrrusulu waommuhu siddeeqatun kana yakulani alttaAAama onthur kayfa nubayyinu lahumu alayati thumma onthur anna yufakoona |
Note - 89The purport of this passage is that Jesus was but a
mortal like all the other apostles who lived before him,
and that Mary never claimed to be "the mother of God".
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Note - 90Lit., "how turned away they are [from the truth]".
Primarily, the verb afaka signifies "he turned [someone
or something] away"; in an abstract sense it often
denotes "he uttered a lie" (because it implies a turning
away from the truth). The passive form ufika has
frequently the meaning of "he was turned away from his
opinion" (or "from his judgment") and, thus, "his mind
became perverted" or "deluded". (Cf. Qamus and Taj
al-'Arus; also Lane I, 69.)
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Note - 783She never claimed that she was a mother of God, or that
her son was God. She was a pious virtuous woman.
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Note - 784Note how logically the argument has led up from Jewish
back-slidings and want of faith, to blasphemies
associated with the names of Jesus and Mary, and in the
following verses to the worship of senseless stocks and
stones. Allah is One; His Message is one; yet how
people's perversity transforms truth into falsehood,
religion into superstition!
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The purport of this passage is that Jesus was but a mortal like all the other apostles who lived before him, and that Mary never claimed to be "the mother of God". |
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Lit., "how turned away they are [from the truth]". Primarily, the verb afaka signifies "he turned [someone or something] away"; in an abstract sense it often denotes "he uttered a lie" (because it implies a turning away from the truth). The passive form ufika has frequently the meaning of "he was turned away from his opinion" (or "from his judgment") and, thus, "his mind became perverted" or "deluded". (Cf. Qamus and Taj al-'Arus; also Lane I, 69.) |
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She never claimed that she was a mother of God, or that her son was God. She was a pious virtuous woman. |
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Note how logically the argument has led up from Jewish back-slidings and want of faith, to blasphemies associated with the names of Jesus and Mary, and in the following verses to the worship of senseless stocks and stones. Allah is One; His Message is one; yet how people's perversity transforms truth into falsehood, religion into superstition! |
