Quran 5:111 — Al-Maaida, verse 111
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
and how I inspired the disciples to believe in Me and My messengers- they said, “We believe and bear witness that we devote ourselves [to God].”’
وَإِذْ أَوْحَيْتُ إِلَى الْحَوَارِيِّينَ أَنْ آمِنُوا بِي وَبِرَسُولِي قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَاشْهَدْ بِأَنَّنَا مُسْلِمُونَ
wa-idh awḥaytu ilā l-ḥawāriyīna an āminū bī wabirasūlī qālū āmannā wa-ish'had bi-annanā mus'limūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And when I inspired the Apostles: "Believe in Me and My Messenger"; they said, "We believe; witness Thou our submission."'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember the time] when I inspired the white-garbed ones: Believe in Me and in My Apostle!" They answered: "We believe; and bear Thou witness that we have surrendered ourselves [unto Thee]."
- Sahih International
- And [remember] when I inspired to the disciples, "Believe in Me and in My messenger [i.e., Jesus]." They said, "We have believed, so bear witness that indeed we are Muslims [in submission to Allāh]."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِذْwa-idh | And when | — |
| 2 | أَوْحَيْتُawḥaytu | I inspired | وحي |
| 3 | إِلَىilā | to | — |
| 4 | ٱلْحَوَارِيِّـۧنَl-ḥawāriyīna | the disciples | حور |
| 5 | أَنْan | to | — |
| 6 | ءَامِنُوا۟āminū | believe | أمن |
| 7 | بِىbī | in Me | — |
| 8 | وَبِرَسُولِىwabirasūlī | and in My Messenger | رسل |
| 9 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | they said | قول |
| 10 | ءَامَنَّاāmannā | We believe | أمن |
| 11 | وَٱشْهَدْwa-ish'had | and bear witness | شهد |
| 12 | بِأَنَّنَاbi-annanā | that indeed we | — |
| 13 | مُسْلِمُونَmus'limūna | (are) Muslims | سلم |