Surah Az-Zukhruf (الزخرف) • The Ornaments of Gold

Quran 43:59

43:59

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

in huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī is'rāīla

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.

— Saheeh International

but he is only a servant We favoured and made an example for the Children of Israel:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

He [‘Îsâ (Jesus)] was not more than a slave. We granted Our Favour to him, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel (i.e. his creation without a father).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

إِنْinNot
هُوَhuwahe
إِلَّاillā(was) except
عَبْدٌʿabduna slave
أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāWe bestowed Our favor
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُwajaʿalnāhuand We made him
مَثَلًۭاmathalanan example
لِّبَنِىٓlibanīfor (the) Children of Israel
إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlafor (the) Children of Israel