Quran 43:59 — Az-Zukhruf, verse 59
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but he is only a servant We favoured and made an example for the Children of Israel:
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ مَثَلًا لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ
in huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī is'rāīla
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He is only a servant We blessed, and We made him to be an example to the Children of Israel.
- Muhammad Asad
- [As for Jesus,] he was nothing but [a human being -] a servant [of Ours] whom We had graced [with prophethood], and whom We made an example for the children of Israel.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 2 | هُوَhuwa | he | — |
| 3 | إِلَّاillā | (was) except | — |
| 4 | عَبْدٌʿabdun | a slave | عبد |
| 5 | أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnā | We bestowed Our favor | نعم |
| 6 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | on him | — |
| 7 | وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُwajaʿalnāhu | and We made him | جعل |
| 8 | مَثَلًۭاmathalan | an example | مثل |
| 9 | لِّبَنِىٓlibanī | for (the) Children of Israel | بني |
| 10 | إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla | for (the) Children of Israel | — |