Surah Al-Ma'idah (المائدة) • The Table Spread

Quran 5:117

5:117

مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيْهِمْ شَهِيدًا مَّا دُمْتُ فِيهِمْ ۖ فَلَمَّا تَوَفَّيْتَنِى كُنتَ أَنتَ ٱلرَّقِيبَ عَلَيْهِمْ ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

mā qul'tu lahum illā mā amartanī bihi ani uʿ'budū l-laha rabbī warabbakum wakuntu ʿalayhim shahīdan mā dum'tu fīhim falammā tawaffaytanī kunta anta l-raqība ʿalayhim wa-anta ʿalā kulli shayin shahīdun

I said not to them except what You commanded me - to worship Allāh, my Lord and your Lord. And I was a witness over them as long as I was among them; but when You took me up, You were the Observer over them, and You are, over all things, Witness.

— Saheeh International

I told them only what You commanded me to: “Worship God, my Lord and your Lord.” I was a witness over them during my time among them. Ever since You took my soul, You alone have been the watcher over them: You are witness to all things

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

"Never did I say to them aught except what You (Allâh) did command me to say: ‘Worship Allâh, my Lord and your Lord.’ And I was a witness over them while I dwelt amongst them, but when You took me up, You were the Watcher over them; and You are a Witness to all things. (This is a great admonition and warning to the Christians of the whole world).

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

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Word by Word

مَاmāNot
قُلْتُqul'tuI said
لَهُمْlahumto them
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَآmāwhat
أَمَرْتَنِىamartanīYou commanded me
بِهِۦٓbihi[with it]
أَنِanithat
ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūYou worship
ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
وَرَبَّكُمْۚwarabbakumand your Lord
وَكُنتُwakuntuAnd I was
عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
شَهِيدًۭاshahīdana witness
مَّاmāthat
دُمْتُdum'tuas long as I
فِيهِمْۖfīhim(was) among them
فَلَمَّاfalammāthen when
تَوَفَّيْتَنِىtawaffaytanīYou raised me
كُنتَkuntaYou were
أَنتَanta[You]
ٱلرَّقِيبَl-raqībathe Watcher
عَلَيْهِمْۚʿalayhimover them
وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
كُلِّkullievery
شَىْءٍۢshayinthing
شَهِيدٌshahīduna Witness