Surah As-Saf, Ayah 6 (61:6)

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وَإِذْ قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ يَٰبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ إِنِّى رَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ إِلَيْكُم مُّصَدِّقًا …

Quran 61:6 is ayah 6 of Surah As-Saf (“The Ranks”), a Medinan surah of 14 ayahs. It is in Juz 28, on page 552 of the Madani Mushaf.

61:6
وَإِذْقَالَعِيسَىٱبْنُمَرْيَمَيَٰبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَإِنِّىرَسُولُٱللَّهِإِلَيْكُممُّصَدِّقًالِّمَابَيْنَيَدَىَّمِنَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِوَمُبَشِّرًۢابِرَسُولٍيَأْتِىمِنۢبَعْدِىٱسْمُهُۥٓأَحْمَدُ ۖفَلَمَّاجَآءَهُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِقَالُوا۟هَٰذَاسِحْرٌمُّبِينٌ٦
wa-idh qāla ʿīsā ub'nu maryama yābanī is'rāīla innī rasūlu l-lahi ilaykum muṣaddiqan limā bayna yadayya mina l-tawrāti wamubashiran birasūlin yatī min baʿdī us'muhu aḥmadu falammā jāahum bil-bayināti qālū hādhā siḥ'run mubīnun

And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, "O Children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allāh to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Aḥmad." But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, "This is obvious magic."(6)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذْwa-idhAnd when
  2. قَالَqālasaid
  3. عِيسَىʿīsāIsa
  4. ٱبْنُub'nuson
  5. مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
  6. يَٰبَنِىٓyābanīO Children
  7. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīla(of) Israel
  8. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
  9. رَسُولُrasūlu(the) Messenger
  10. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  11. إِلَيْكُمilaykumto you
  12. مُّصَدِّقًاmuṣaddiqanconfirming
  13. لِّمَاlimāthat which
  14. بَيْنَbayna(was) between
  15. يَدَىَّyadayyamy hands
  16. مِنَminaof
  17. ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةِl-tawrātithe Taurat
  18. وَمُبَشِّرًۢاwamubashiranand bringing glad tidings
  19. بِرَسُولٍbirasūlin(of) a Messenger
  20. يَأْتِىyatīto come
  21. مِنۢminfrom
  22. بَعْدِىbaʿdīafter me
  23. ٱسْمُهُۥٓus'muhuwhose name (will be)
  24. أَحْمَدُ ۖaḥmaduAhmad
  25. فَلَمَّاfalammāBut when
  26. جَآءَهُمjāahumhe came to them
  27. بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِbil-bayinātiwith clear proofs
  28. قَالُوا۟qālūthey said
  29. هَٰذَاhādhāThis
  30. سِحْرٌsiḥ'run(is) a magic
  31. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

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