Quran 5:17 — Al-Maaida, verse 17
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Those who say, ‘God is the Messiah, the son of Mary,’ are defying the truth. Say, ‘If it had been God’s will, could anyone have prevented Him from destroying the Messiah, son of Mary, together with his mother and everyone else on earth? Control of the heavens and earth and all that is between them belongs to God: He creates whatever He will. God has power over everything.’
لَقَدْ كَفَرَ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا إِنَّ اللَّهَ هُوَ الْمَسِيحُ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ ۚ قُلْ فَمَنْ يَمْلِكُ مِنَ اللَّهِ شَيْئًا إِنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يُهْلِكَ الْمَسِيحَ ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَأُمَّهُ وَمَنْ فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا ۗ وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا ۚ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَاءُ ۚ وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
laqad kafara alladhīna qālū inna l-laha huwa l-masīḥu ub'nu maryama qul faman yamliku mina l-lahi shayan in arāda an yuh'lika l-masīḥa ib'na maryama wa-ummahu waman fī l-arḍi jamīʿan walillahi mul'ku l-samāwāti wal-arḍi wamā baynahumā yakhluqu mā yashāu wal-lahu ʿalā kulli shayin qadīrun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They are unbelievers who say, 'God is the Messiah, Mary's son.' Say: 'Who then shall overrule God in any way if He desires to destroy the Messiah, Mary's son, and his mother, and all those who are on earth?' For to God belongs the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and all that is between them, creating what He will. God is powerful over everything.
- Muhammad Asad
- Indeed, the truth deny they who say, "Behold, God is the Christ, son of Mary." Say: "And who could have prevailed with God in any way had it been His will to destroy the Christ, son of Mary, and his mother, and everyone who is on earth-all of them? For, God's is the dominion over the heavens and the earth and all that is between them; He creates what He wills: and God has the power to will anything!"
- Sahih International
- They have certainly disbelieved who say that Allāh is Christ, the son of Mary. Say, "Then who could prevent Allāh at all if He had intended to destroy Christ, the son of Mary, or his mother or everyone on the earth?" And to Allāh belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them. He creates what He wills, and Allāh is over all things competent.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَّقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 2 | كَفَرَkafara | disbelieved | كفر |
| 3 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | those who | — |
| 4 | قَالُوٓا۟qālū | said | قول |
| 5 | إِنَّinna | Indeed | — |
| 6 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 7 | هُوَhuwa | He | — |
| 8 | ٱلْمَسِيحُl-masīḥu | (is) the Messiah | — |
| 9 | ٱبْنُub'nu | son | بني |
| 10 | مَرْيَمَ ۚmaryama | (of) Maryam | — |
| 11 | قُلْqul | Say | قول |
| 12 | فَمَنfaman | Then who | — |
| 13 | يَمْلِكُyamliku | has power | ملك |
| 14 | مِنَmina | against | — |
| 15 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | Allah | أله |
| 16 | شَيْـًٔاshayan | (in) anything | شيأ |
| 17 | إِنْin | if | — |
| 18 | أَرَادَarāda | He intends | رود |
| 19 | أَنan | to | — |
| 20 | يُهْلِكَyuh'lika | destroy | هلك |
| 21 | ٱلْمَسِيحَl-masīḥa | the Messiah | — |
| 22 | ٱبْنَib'na | son | بني |
| 23 | مَرْيَمَmaryama | (of) Maryam | — |
| 24 | وَأُمَّهُۥwa-ummahu | and his mother | أمم |
| 25 | وَمَنwaman | and whoever | — |
| 26 | فِىfī | (is) in | — |
| 27 | ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 28 | جَمِيعًۭا ۗjamīʿan | all | جمع |
| 29 | وَلِلَّهِwalillahi | And for Allah | أله |
| 30 | مُلْكُmul'ku | (is the) dominion | ملك |
| 31 | ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِl-samāwāti | (of) the heavens | سمو |
| 32 | وَٱلْأَرْضِwal-arḍi | and the earth | أرض |
| 33 | وَمَاwamā | and what | — |
| 34 | بَيْنَهُمَا ۚbaynahumā | (is) between both of them | بين |
| 35 | يَخْلُقُyakhluqu | He creates | خلق |
| 36 | مَاmā | what | — |
| 37 | يَشَآءُ ۚyashāu | He wills | شيأ |
| 38 | وَٱللَّهُwal-lahu | and Allah | أله |
| 39 | عَلَىٰʿalā | (is) on | — |
| 40 | كُلِّkulli | every | كلل |
| 41 | شَىْءٍۢshayin | thing | شيأ |
| 42 | قَدِيرٌۭqadīrun | All-Powerful | قدر |