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Surah Al-Ma’idah, Verse 110

سورة المائدة، الآية ١١٠

5:110 Juz 7 Hizb 13 Page 126 of the mushaf Medinan surah

Text of verse 5:110

إِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ٱذْكُرْ نِعْمَتِى عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَتِكَ إِذْ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَإِذْ عَلَّمْتُكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ وَإِذْ تَخْلُقُ مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيْـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيْرِ بِإِذْنِى فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيْرًۢا بِإِذْنِى وَتُبْرِئُ ٱلْأَكْمَهَ وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ بِإِذْنِى وَإِذْ تُخْرِجُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بِإِذْنِى وَإِذْ كَفَفْتُ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ عَنكَ إِذْ جِئْتَهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝١١٠

Transliteration

idh qāla l-lahu yāʿīsā ib'na maryama udh'kur niʿ'matī ʿalayka waʿalā wālidatika idh ayyadttuka birūḥi l-qudusi tukallimu l-nāsa fī l-mahdi wakahlan wa-idh ʿallamtuka l-kitāba wal-ḥik'mata wal-tawrāta wal-injīla wa-idh takhluqu mina l-ṭīni kahayati l-ṭayri bi-idh'nī fatanfukhu fīhā fatakūnu ṭayran bi-idh'nī watub'ri-u l-akmaha wal-abraṣa bi-idh'nī wa-idh tukh'riju l-mawtā bi-idh'nī wa-idh kafaftu banī is'rāīla ʿanka idh ji'tahum bil-bayināti faqāla alladhīna kafarū min'hum in hādhā illā siḥ'run mubīnun

Translation

[The Day] when Allāh will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel] and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind [from birth] and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic."

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Verse 110 of Surah Al-Ma’idah (5:110), a Medinan surah, is in juz 7, on page 126 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Remember when Allah addressed Jesus (peace be upon him) and told him to remember Allah’s favour to him when He created him without a father; to his mother, Mary (peace be upon her), when He chose her over all the women of her time; and upon him when He strengthened him with Gabriel (peace be upon him.). Allah told him that he used to speak to people as a baby, calling them to Allah; and that he used to speak to them in his adulthood, telling them what Allah had sent him with. Allah reminded him of the favour of being taught how to write; and that He taught him the Torah that He had revealed to Moses (peace be upon him) and the Gospel that He revealed to him. He was reminded of the favour of being taught the secrets of the sacred law and its benefits and wisdom. Allah reminded him of how he would make the shape of a bird from clay, blow into it and it used to become a living bird. He used to cure the person who was born blind, and he would treat the leper and heal his skin. He also used to bring the dead to life by praying to Allah to give them life. All of this happened with Allah’s permission. Another favour that Allah reminded him about was that Allah protected him from the Israelites when they intended to kill him after he brought to them clear miracles. The only thing they could do was to deny them; and they said, ‘Jesus has brought nothing but plain sorcery’.

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Other translations of verse 110

Then Allah will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Holy Spirit – as you spoke to people in the cradle and in maturity. I taught you writing, wisdom, the Torah and the Gospel. You made something from clay in the shape of a bird by My permission and breathed into it, and it became a bird by My permission. You healed the born-blind and lepers by My permission, and you brought the dead to life by My permission. I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear signs, but the disbelievers among them said, “This is nothing but clear magic.”

(Remember) when Allâh will say (on the Day of Resurrection). "O ‘Îsâ (Jesus), son of Maryam (Mary)! Remember My Favour to you and to your mother when I supported you with Rûh-ul-Qudus [Jibrîl (Gabriel)] so that you spoke to the people in the cradle38 and in maturity; and when I taught you writing, Al-Hikmah (the power of understanding), the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel); and when you made out of the clay a figure like that of a bird, by My Permission, and you breathed into it, and it became a bird by My Permission, and you healed those born blind, and the lepers by My Permission, and when you brought forth the dead by My Permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from you (when they resolved to kill you) as you came unto them with clear proofs, and the disbelievers among them said: ‘This is nothing but evident magic.’"

Notes

[38] (V.5:110) See the footnote (V.3:46).

When Allah saith: O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My favour unto thee and unto thy mother; how I strengthened thee with the holy Spirit, so that thou spakest unto mankind in the cradle as in maturity; and how I taught thee the Scripture and Wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and how thou didst shape of clay as it were the likeness of a bird by My permission, and didst blow upon it and it was a bird by My permission, and thou didst heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and how thou didst raise the dead by My permission; and how I restrained the Children of Israel from (harming) thee when thou camest unto them with clear proofs, and those of them who disbelieved exclaimed: This is naught else than mere magic;

Then will Allah say: "O Jesus the son of Mary! Recount My favour to thee and to thy mother. Behold! I strengthened thee with the holy spirit, so that thou didst speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. Behold! I taught thee the Book and Wisdom, the Law and the Gospel and behold! thou makest out of clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My leave, and thou breathest into it and it becometh a bird by My leave, and thou healest those born blind, and the lepers, by My leave. And behold! thou bringest forth the dead by My leave. And behold! I did restrain the Children of Israel from (violence to) thee when thou didst show them the clear Signs, and the unbelievers among them said: 'This is nothing but evident magic.'

When Allah will say: O Isa son of Marium! Remember My favor on you and on your mother, when I strengthened you I with the holy Spirit, you spoke to the people in the cradle and I when of old age, and when I taught you the Book and the wisdom and the Taurat and the Injeel; and when you determined out of clay a thing like the form of a bird by My permission, then you breathed into it and it became a bird by My permission, and you healed the blind and the leprous by My permission; and when you brought forth the dead by My permission; and when I withheld the children of Israel from you when you came to them with clear arguments, but those who disbelieved among them said: This is nothing but clear enchantment.

As Allah said, "O Isa son of Maryam, (Jesus son of Mary) remember My favor upon you, and upon your (female) parent as I aided you with the Spirit of Holiness, Also called the Holy Spirit, i.e., the Angel Jibril) (so that) you speak to mankind in the cradle and in maturity; and as I taught you the Book, and (the) Wisdom and the Tawrah, (The Book revealed to Musa "Moses") and the Injil; (The Book revealed to Isa "Jesus") and as you create out of clay as the semblance of a bird, by My permission, so you blow into it, then it is a bird, by My permission; and you heal him who was born blind and the leper by My permission; and as you bring the dead out, by My permission; and as I restrained the Seeds (Or: sons) of Israel) from you as you came to them with the supreme evidences; then the ones who disbelieved among them said, "Decidedly this is nothing except evident sorcery."

Verse 110 word by word

  1. إِذْ idh When
  2. قَالَ qāla said ق و ل
  3. ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
  4. يَٰعِيسَى yāʿīsā O Isa
  5. ٱبْنَ ib'na son ب ن ي
  6. مَرْيَمَ maryama (of) Maryam
  7. ٱذْكُرْ udh'kur Remember ذ ك ر
  8. نِعْمَتِى niʿ'matī My Favor ن ع م
  9. عَلَيْكَ ʿalayka upon you
  10. وَعَلَىٰ waʿalā and upon
  11. وَٰلِدَتِكَ wālidatika your mother و ل د
  12. إِذْ idh when
  13. أَيَّدتُّكَ ayyadttuka I strengthened you أ ي د
  14. بِرُوحِ birūḥi with (the) Spirit ر و ح
  15. ٱلْقُدُسِ l-qudusi the Holy ق د س
  16. تُكَلِّمُ tukallimu you spoke ك ل م
  17. ٱلنَّاسَ l-nāsa (to) the people أ ن س
  18. فِى fī in
  19. ٱلْمَهْدِ l-mahdi the cradle م ه د
  20. وَكَهْلًا wakahlan and (in) maturity ك ه ل
  21. وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
  22. عَلَّمْتُكَ ʿallamtuka I taught you ع ل م
  23. ٱلْكِتَٰبَ l-kitāba the Book ك ت ب
  24. وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ wal-ḥik'mata and the wisdom ح ك م
  25. وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ wal-tawrāta and the Taurat
  26. وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ wal-injīla and the Injeel
  27. وَإِذْ wa-idh and when
  28. تَخْلُقُ takhluqu you make خ ل ق
  29. مِنَ mina from
  30. ٱلطِّينِ l-ṭīni the clay ط ي ن
  31. كَهَيْـَٔةِ kahayati like the shape ه ي أ
  32. ٱلطَّيْرِ l-ṭayri (of) the bird ط ي ر
  33. بِإِذْنِى bi-idh'nī by My permission أ ذ ن
  34. فَتَنفُخُ fatanfukhu then you breath ن ف خ
  35. فِيهَا fīhā into it
  36. فَتَكُونُ fatakūnu and it becomes ك و ن
  37. طَيْرًۢا ṭayran a bird ط ي ر
  38. بِإِذْنِى bi-idh'nī by My permission أ ذ ن
  39. وَتُبْرِئُ watub'ri-u and you heal ب ر أ
  40. ٱلْأَكْمَهَ l-akmaha the born blind ك م ه
  41. وَٱلْأَبْرَصَ wal-abraṣa and the leper ب ر ص
  42. بِإِذْنِى bi-idh'nī by My permission أ ذ ن
  43. وَإِذْ wa-idh and when
  44. تُخْرِجُ tukh'riju you bring forth خ ر ج
  45. ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ l-mawtā the dead م و ت
  46. بِإِذْنِى bi-idh'nī by My permission أ ذ ن
  47. وَإِذْ wa-idh And when
  48. كَفَفْتُ kafaftu I restrained ك ف ف
  49. بَنِىٓ banī (the) Children ب ن ي
  50. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ is'rāīla (of) Israel
  51. عَنكَ ʿanka from you
  52. إِذْ idh when
  53. جِئْتَهُم ji'tahum you came to them ج ي أ
  54. بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ bil-bayināti with the clear proofs ب ي ن
  55. فَقَالَ faqāla then said ق و ل
  56. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
  57. كَفَرُوا۟ kafarū disbelieved ك ف ر
  58. مِنْهُمْ min'hum among them
  59. إِنْ in Not
  60. هَٰذَآ hādhā (is) this
  61. إِلَّا illā but
  62. سِحْرٌ siḥ'run magic س ح ر
  63. مُّبِينٌ mubīnun clear ب ي ن

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  • Al-Qasas 28:7

    وَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمِّ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنْ أَرْضِعِيهِ فَإِذَا خِفْتِ عَلَيْهِ فَأَلْقِيهِ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَلَا تَخَافِى وَلَا تَحْزَنِىٓ إِنَّا رَآدُّوهُ إِلَيْكِ وَجَاعِلُوهُ مِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    And We inspired to the mother of Moses, "Suckle him; but when you fear for him, cast him into the river and do not fear and do not grieve. Indeed, We will return him to you and will make him [one] of the messengers."

  • An-Nahl 16:68–69

    وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ …

    And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses [i.e., hives], and among the trees and [in] that which they construct. …

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  • As-Saffat 37:15

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    And say, "This is not but obvious magic.

  • Ali ’Imran 3:48

    وَيُعَلِّمُهُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْحِكْمَةَ وَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ وَٱلْإِنجِيلَ

    And He will teach him writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:24

    فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

    And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

  • Ali ’Imran 3:46

    وَيُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous."

  • Al-An’am 6:7

    وَلَوْ نَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْكَ كِتَٰبًا فِى قِرْطَاسٍ فَلَمَسُوهُ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ لَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    And even if We had sent down to you, [O Muḥammad], a written scripture on a page and they touched it with their hands, the disbelievers would say, "This is not but obvious magic."

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:137

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

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