Quran 5:114 — Al-Maaida, verse 114
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Jesus, son of Mary, said, ‘Lord, send down to us a feast from heaven so that we can have a festival- the first and last of us- and a sign from You. Provide for us: You are the best provider.’
قَالَ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَا أَنْزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَائِدَةً مِنَ السَّمَاءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِأَوَّلِنَا وَآخِرِنَا وَآيَةً مِنْكَ ۖ وَارْزُقْنَا وَأَنْتَ خَيْرُ الرَّازِقِينَ
qāla ʿīsā ub'nu maryama l-lahuma rabbanā anzil ʿalaynā māidatan mina l-samāi takūnu lanā ʿīdan li-awwalinā waākhirinā waāyatan minka wa-ur'zuq'nā wa-anta khayru l-rāziqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said Jesus son of Mary, 'O God, our Lord, send down upon us a Table out of heaven, that shall be for us a festival, the first and last of us, and a sign from Thee. And provide for us; Thou art the best of providers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- Said Jesus, the son of Mary: "O God, our Sustainer! Send down upon us a repast from heaven: it shall be an ever-recurring feast for us - for the first and the last of us -and a sign from Thee. And provide us our sustenance, for Thou art the best of providers!"
- Sahih International
- Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "O Allāh, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 2 | عِيسَىʿīsā | Isa | — |
| 3 | ٱبْنُub'nu | son | بني |
| 4 | مَرْيَمَmaryama | (of) Maryam | — |
| 5 | ٱللَّهُمَّl-lahuma | O Allah | أله |
| 6 | رَبَّنَآrabbanā | our Lord | ربب |
| 7 | أَنزِلْanzil | send down | نزل |
| 8 | عَلَيْنَاʿalaynā | to us | — |
| 9 | مَآئِدَةًۭmāidatan | a table spread | ميد |
| 10 | مِّنَmina | from | — |
| 11 | ٱلسَّمَآءِl-samāi | the heaven | سمو |
| 12 | تَكُونُtakūnu | to be | كون |
| 13 | لَنَاlanā | for us | — |
| 14 | عِيدًۭاʿīdan | a festival | عود |
| 15 | لِّأَوَّلِنَاli-awwalinā | for first of us | أول |
| 16 | وَءَاخِرِنَاwaākhirinā | and last of us | أخر |
| 17 | وَءَايَةًۭwaāyatan | and a sign | أيي |
| 18 | مِّنكَ ۖminka | from You | — |
| 19 | وَٱرْزُقْنَاwa-ur'zuq'nā | And provide us | رزق |
| 20 | وَأَنتَwa-anta | and You | — |
| 21 | خَيْرُkhayru | (are) best | خير |
| 22 | ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَl-rāziqīna | (of) the providers | رزق |