Surah Al-Ma'idah, Ayah 117 (5:117)

ٱلْمَائِدَة

مَا قُلْتُ لَهُمْ إِلَّا مَآ أَمَرْتَنِى بِهِۦٓ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚ وَكُنتُ …

Quran 5:117 is ayah 117 of Surah Al-Ma'idah (“The Table Spread”), a Medinan surah of 120 ayahs. It is in Juz 7, on page 127 of the Madani Mushaf.

5:117
مَاقُلْتُلَهُمْإِلَّامَآأَمَرْتَنِىبِهِۦٓأَنِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَرَبِّىوَرَبَّكُمْ ۚوَكُنتُعَلَيْهِمْشَهِيدًامَّادُمْتُفِيهِمْ ۖفَلَمَّاتَوَفَّيْتَنِىكُنتَأَنتَٱلرَّقِيبَعَلَيْهِمْ ۚوَأَنتَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍشَهِيدٌ١١٧
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.(117)

Word by word

  1. مَاmāNot
  2. قُلْتُqul'tuI said
  3. لَهُمْlahumto them
  4. إِلَّاillāexcept
  5. مَآmāwhat
  6. أَمَرْتَنِىamartanīYou commanded me
  7. بِهِۦٓbihi[with it]
  8. أَنِanithat
  9. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūYou worship
  10. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  11. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  12. وَرَبَّكُمْ ۚwarabbakumand your Lord
  13. وَكُنتُwakuntuAnd I was
  14. عَلَيْهِمْʿalayhimover them
  15. شَهِيدًاshahīdana witness
  16. مَّاmāthat
  17. دُمْتُdum'tuas long as I
  18. فِيهِمْ ۖfīhim(was) among them
  19. فَلَمَّاfalammāthen when
  20. تَوَفَّيْتَنِىtawaffaytanīYou raised me
  21. كُنتَkuntaYou were
  22. أَنتَanta[You]
  23. ٱلرَّقِيبَl-raqībathe Watcher
  24. عَلَيْهِمْ ۚʿalayhimover them
  25. وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
  26. عَلَىٰʿalā(are) on
  27. كُلِّkullievery
  28. شَىْءٍshayinthing
  29. شَهِيدٌshahīduna Witness

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