Quran 5:113 — Al-Maaida, verse 113
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘We wish to eat from it; to have our hearts reassured; to know that you have told us the truth; and to be witnesses of it.’
قَالُوا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ مِنْهَا وَتَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنَا وَنَعْلَمَ أَنْ قَدْ صَدَقْتَنَا وَنَكُونَ عَلَيْهَا مِنَ الشَّاهِدِينَ
qālū nurīdu an nakula min'hā wataṭma-inna qulūbunā wanaʿlama an qad ṣadaqtanā wanakūna ʿalayhā mina l-shāhidīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'We desire that we should eat of it and our hearts be at rest; and that we may know that thou hast spoken true to us, and that we may be among its witnesses.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said they: "We desire to partake thereof, so that our hearts might be set fully at rest, and that we might know that thou hast spoken the truth to us, and that we might be of those who bear witness thereto!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "We wish to eat from it and let our hearts be reassured and know that you have been truthful to us and be among its witnesses."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | نُرِيدُnurīdu | We wish | رود |
| 3 | أَنan | that | — |
| 4 | نَّأْكُلَnakula | we eat | أكل |
| 5 | مِنْهَاmin'hā | from it | — |
| 6 | وَتَطْمَئِنَّwataṭma-inna | and satisfy | طمن |
| 7 | قُلُوبُنَاqulūbunā | our hearts | قلب |
| 8 | وَنَعْلَمَwanaʿlama | and we know | علم |
| 9 | أَنan | that | — |
| 10 | قَدْqad | certainly | — |
| 11 | صَدَقْتَنَاṣadaqtanā | you have spoken the truth to us | صدق |
| 12 | وَنَكُونَwanakūna | and we be | كون |
| 13 | عَلَيْهَاʿalayhā | over it | — |
| 14 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 15 | ٱلشَّـٰهِدِينَl-shāhidīna | the witnesses | شهد |