Quran 4:157 — An-Nisaa, verse 157
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and said, ‘We have killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the Messenger of God.’ (They did not kill him, nor did they crucify him, though it was made to appear like that to them; those that disagreed about him are full of doubt, with no knowledge to follow, only supposition: they certainly did not kill him-
وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا الْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَـٰكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ ۚ وَإِنَّ الَّذِينَ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ لَفِي شَكٍّ مِنْهُ ۚ مَا لَهُمْ بِهِ مِنْ عِلْمٍ إِلَّا اتِّبَاعَ الظَّنِّ ۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينًا
waqawlihim innā qatalnā l-masīḥa ʿīsā ib'na maryama rasūla l-lahi wamā qatalūhu wamā ṣalabūhu walākin shubbiha lahum wa-inna alladhīna ikh'talafū fīhi lafī shakkin min'hu mā lahum bihi min ʿil'min illā ittibāʿa l-ẓani wamā qatalūhu yaqīnan
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and for their saying, 'We slew the Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, the Messenger of God' -- yet they did not slay him, neither crucified him, only a likeness of that was shown to them. Those who are at variance concerning him surely are in doubt regarding him; they have no knowledge of him, except the following of surmise; and they slew him not of a certainty -- no indeed;
- Muhammad Asad
- and their boast, "Behold, we have slain the Christ Jesus, son of Mary, [who claimed to be] an apostle of God!" However, they did not slay him, and neither did they crucify him, but it only seemed to them [as if it had been] so; and, verily, those who hold conflicting views thereon are indeed confused, having no [real] knowledge thereof, and following mere conjecture. For, of a certainty, they did not slay him:
- Sahih International
- And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, the messenger of Allāh." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقَوْلِهِمْwaqawlihim | And for their saying | قول |
| 2 | إِنَّاinnā | Indeed, we | — |
| 3 | قَتَلْنَاqatalnā | killed | قتل |
| 4 | ٱلْمَسِيحَl-masīḥa | the Messiah | — |
| 5 | عِيسَىʿīsā | Isa | — |
| 6 | ٱبْنَib'na | son | بني |
| 7 | مَرْيَمَmaryama | (of) Maryam | — |
| 8 | رَسُولَrasūla | (the) Messenger | رسل |
| 9 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 10 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 11 | قَتَلُوهُqatalūhu | they killed him | قتل |
| 12 | وَمَاwamā | and not | — |
| 13 | صَلَبُوهُṣalabūhu | they crucified him | صلب |
| 14 | وَلَـٰكِنwalākin | but | — |
| 15 | شُبِّهَshubbiha | it was made to appear (so) | شبه |
| 16 | لَهُمْ ۚlahum | to them | — |
| 17 | وَإِنَّwa-inna | And indeed | — |
| 18 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 19 | ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafū | differ | خلف |
| 20 | فِيهِfīhi | in it | — |
| 21 | لَفِىlafī | (are) surely in | — |
| 22 | شَكٍّۢshakkin | doubt | شكك |
| 23 | مِّنْهُ ۚmin'hu | about it | — |
| 24 | مَاmā | Not | — |
| 25 | لَهُمlahum | for them | — |
| 26 | بِهِۦbihi | about it | — |
| 27 | مِنْmin | [of] | — |
| 28 | عِلْمٍʿil'min | (any) knowledge | علم |
| 29 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 30 | ٱتِّبَاعَittibāʿa | (the) following | تبع |
| 31 | ٱلظَّنِّ ۚl-ẓani | (of) assumption | ظنن |
| 32 | وَمَاwamā | And not | — |
| 33 | قَتَلُوهُqatalūhu | they killed him | قتل |
| 34 | يَقِينًۢاyaqīnan | certainly | يقن |