سورة الزخرف، الآية ٥٩
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ ٥٩
in huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī is'rāīla
He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.
Verse 59 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (43:59), a Meccan surah, is in juz 25, on page 493 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Jesus, the son of Mary is nothing but a servant from the servants of Allah whom He favoured with messengership and made him an example for the Israelites. They can use him as proof of the power of Allah because He created him without a father, just like He created Adam without parents.
He was only a slave whom We24 favored and made him an example for the Children of Israel.
[24] i.e., Allah Almighty.
He [‘Îsâ (Jesus)] was not more than a slave. We granted Our Favour to him, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel (i.e. his creation without a father).
He is nothing but a slave on whom We bestowed favour, and We made him a pattern for the Children of Israel.
He was no more than a servant: We granted Our favour to him, and We made him an example to the Children of Israel.
He was naught but a servant on whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the children of Israel.
Decidedly he is nothing except a bondman We favored, and We made him to be a similitude to the Seeds (Or: sons) of Israel)
They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
It is but a reminder to the worlds.
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا وَحْىٌ يُوحَىٰ
It is not but a revelation revealed,
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
It is not except a reminder to the worlds
