Surah An-Nisa, Ayah 157 (4:157)

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وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ …

Quran 4:157 is ayah 157 of Surah An-Nisa (“The Women”), a Medinan surah of 176 ayahs. It is in Juz 6, on page 103 of the Madani Mushaf.

4:157
وَقَوْلِهِمْإِنَّاقَتَلْنَاٱلْمَسِيحَعِيسَىٱبْنَمَرْيَمَرَسُولَٱللَّهِوَمَاقَتَلُوهُوَمَاصَلَبُوهُوَلَٰكِنشُبِّهَلَهُمْ ۚوَإِنَّٱلَّذِينَٱخْتَلَفُوا۟فِيهِلَفِىشَكٍّمِّنْهُ ۚمَالَهُمبِهِۦمِنْعِلْمٍإِلَّاٱتِّبَاعَٱلظَّنِّ ۚوَمَاقَتَلُوهُيَقِينًۢا١٥٧
waqawlihim innā qatalnā l-masīḥa ʿīsā ib'na maryama rasūla l-lahi wamā qatalūhu wamā ṣalabūhu walākin shubbiha lahum wa-inna alladhīna ikh'talafū fīhi lafī shakkin min'hu mā lahum bihi min ʿil'min illā ittibāʿa l-ẓani wamā qatalūhu yaqīnan

And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus the son of Mary, the messenger of Allāh." And they did not kill him, nor did they crucify him; but [another] was made to resemble him to them. And indeed, those who differ over it are in doubt about it. They have no knowledge of it except the following of assumption. And they did not kill him, for certain.(157)

Word by word

  1. وَقَوْلِهِمْwaqawlihimAnd for their saying
  2. إِنَّاinnāIndeed, we
  3. قَتَلْنَاqatalnākilled
  4. ٱلْمَسِيحَl-masīḥathe Messiah
  5. عِيسَىʿīsāIsa
  6. ٱبْنَib'nason
  7. مَرْيَمَmaryama(of) Maryam
  8. رَسُولَrasūla(the) Messenger
  9. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
  10. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  11. قَتَلُوهُqatalūhuthey killed him
  12. وَمَاwamāand not
  13. صَلَبُوهُṣalabūhuthey crucified him
  14. وَلَٰكِنwalākinbut
  15. شُبِّهَshubbihait was made to appear (so)
  16. لَهُمْ ۚlahumto them
  17. وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeed
  18. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  19. ٱخْتَلَفُوا۟ikh'talafūdiffer
  20. فِيهِfīhiin it
  21. لَفِىlafī(are) surely in
  22. شَكٍّshakkindoubt
  23. مِّنْهُ ۚmin'huabout it
  24. مَاmāNot
  25. لَهُمlahumfor them
  26. بِهِۦbihiabout it
  27. مِنْmin[of]
  28. عِلْمٍʿil'min(any) knowledge
  29. إِلَّاillāexcept
  30. ٱتِّبَاعَittibāʿa(the) following
  31. ٱلظَّنِّ ۚl-ẓani(of) assumption
  32. وَمَاwamāAnd not
  33. قَتَلُوهُqatalūhuthey killed him
  34. يَقِينًۢاyaqīnancertainly

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