Verse. 687

٥ - ٱلْمَائِدَة

5 - Al-Ma'ida

وَقَالَتِ الْيَھُوْدُ وَالنَّصٰرٰى نَحْنُ اَبْنٰۗؤُا اللہِ وَاَحِبَّاۗؤُہٗ۝۰ۭ قُلْ فَلِمَ يُعَذِّبُكُمْ بِذُنُوْبِكُمْ۝۰ۭ بَلْ اَنْتُمْ بَشَرٌ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ۝۰ۭ يَغْفِرُ لِمَنْ يَّشَاۗءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَنْ يَّشَاۗءُ۝۰ۭ وَلِلہِ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَہُمَا۝۰ۡوَاِلَيْہِ الْمَصِيْرُ۝۱۸
Waqalati alyahoodu waalnnasara nahnu abnao Allahi waahibbaohu qul falima yuAAaththibukum bithunoobikum bal antum basharun mimman khalaqa yaghfiru liman yashao wayuAAaththibu man yashao walillahi mulku alssamawati waalardi wama baynahuma wailayhi almaseeru

English

Ahmed Ali

Say the Jews and the Christians: "We are sons of God and beloved of Him." Say: "Why does He punish you then for your sins? No: You are only mortals, of His creation." He can punish whom He please and pardon whom He will, for God's is the kingdom of the heavens and the earth and all that lies between them, and everything will go back to Him.

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Tafseer

'Abdullāh Ibn 'Abbās / Muḥammad al-Fīrūzabādī

تفسير : (the jews) the jews of medina (and christians) the christians of najran (say: we are sons of allah) we are the sons and prophets of allah (and his loved ones) who follow his religion; it is also said that this means: we follow allah's religion as if we were his sons and loved ones; and it is said that this means: we are to allah like his sons and we are followers of his religion. (say) to the jews, o muhammad; (why then doth he chastise you for your sins) due to worshipping the calf for 40 days, if you are like sons to him; have you ever seen a father torturing his sons with fire? (nay, ye are but mortals) created servants (of his creating) like all his other created beings. (he forgiveth whom he will) whoever repents of judaism and christianity, (and chastiseth whom he will) whoever dies professing judaism or christianity. (allah's is the sovereignty) the stores (of the heavens and the earth and all that is between them) of created beings and marvels, (and unto him is the journeying) returning to him is the end result of those who believe and those who do not.

Jalāl al-Dīn al-Maḥallī

تفسير : the jews and christians, both of them, say: ‘we are the sons of god, that is, [we are] like his sons in terms of closeness and rank, and he is like a father to us in terms of compassion and care, and his beloved ones’. say, to them, o muhammad (s): ‘why then does he chastise you for your sins?, if what you say is true. for, the father does not punish his son, nor the loving his beloved; but he has punished you, and therefore you are saying lies. nay; you are mortals from among, all, those, mortals, he created, you shall be rewarded as they are rewarded and you shall be requited as they are requited. he forgives, him for, whom he wills, forgiveness, and he chastises, him for, whom he wills’, chastisement, and there can be no objection thereto. for to god belongs the kingdom of the heavens and of the earth, and all that is between them; to him is the journey’s end, the [final] return.