إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَـٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- 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.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அவர் (ஈஸா நம்முடைய) அடியாரே அன்றி வேறில்லை அவருக்கு நாம் அருட்கொடையைச் சொரிந்து இஸ்ராயீலின் சந்ததியாருக்கு அவரை நல்லுதாரணமாக ஆக்கினோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- අපි ඔහුට ආශිර්වාද කළ ගැත්තෙකු මිස ඔහු නැත. ඉස්රාඊල් දරුවන්ට උදාහරණයක් ලෙස අපි ඔහු පත් කළෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- عیسیٰ (علیہ السلام) بھی صرف بنده ہی ہے جس پر ہم نے احسان کیا اور اسے بنی اسرائیل کے لیے نشان قدرت بنایا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれ（イーサー）は，われが恩恵を施したしもべに過ぎない。そしてかれを，イスラエルの子孫に対する手本とした。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他只是一个仆人，我赐他恩典，并以他为以色列后裔的示范。
Tafsir of 43:59
The Contempt of the Quraysh for the son of Maryam, and His true Status with Allah Allah tells us how the Quraysh persisted in their disbelief and stubborn arguments: وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلاً إِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ (And when the son of Maryam is quoted as an example, behold, your people cry aloud thereat.) Several others narrated that Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, Mujahid, `Ikrimah, As-Suddi and Ad-Dahhak said, "They laughed, i.e., they were astounded by that." Qatadah said, "They were repelled by that, and they laughed." Ibrahim An-Nakha`i said, "They turned away." The reason for this was mentioned by Muhammad bin Ishaq in As-Sirah. He said, "According to what I have heard, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ sat down one day with Al-Walid bin Al-Mughirah in the Masjid, and An-Nadr bin Al-Harith came and sat down with them. There were also other men from the Quraysh in the gathering. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ spoke, then An-Nadr bin Al-Harith came up to him, and the Messenger of Allah spoke to him until he defeated him in argument.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
