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Al-Ma'idah 5:116

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وَإِذْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَـٰعِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ ءَأَنتَ قُلْتَ لِلنَّاسِ ٱتَّخِذُونِى وَأُمِّىَ إِلَـٰهَيْنِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ قَالَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ مَا يَكُونُ لِىٓ أَنْ أَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِحَقٍّ ۚ إِن كُنتُ قُلْتُهُۥ فَقَدْ عَلِمْتَهُۥ ۚ تَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِى وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ مَا فِى نَفْسِكَ ۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

And [beware the Day] when Allāh will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, did you say to the people, 'Take me and my mother as deities besides Allāh?'" He will say, "Exalted are You! It was not for me to say that to which I have no right. If I had said it, You would have known it. You know what is within myself, and I do not know what is within Yourself. Indeed, it is You who is Knower of the unseen.

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Tafsir Muyassar

Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Saudi Arabia

واذكر إذ قال الله تعالى يوم القيامة: يا عيسى ابن مريم أأنت قلت للناس اجعلوني وأمي معبودين من دون الله؟ فأجاب عيسى -منزِّهًا الله تعالى-: ما ينبغي لي أن أقول للناس غير الحق. إن كنتُ قلتُ هذا فقد علمتَه; لأنه لا يخفى عليك شيء، تعلم ما تضمره نفسي، ولا أعلم أنا ما في نفسك. إنك أنت عالمٌ بكل شيء مما خفي أو ظهر.

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