Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 59 (43:59)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

Quran 43:59 is ayah 59 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 493 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:59
إِنْهُوَإِلَّاعَبْدٌأَنْعَمْنَاعَلَيْهِوَجَعَلْنَٰهُمَثَلًالِّبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ٥٩
in huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanī is'rāīla

He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.(59)

Word by word

  1. إِنْinNot
  2. هُوَhuwahe
  3. إِلَّاillā(was) except
  4. عَبْدٌʿabduna slave
  5. أَنْعَمْنَاanʿamnāWe bestowed Our favor
  6. عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
  7. وَجَعَلْنَٰهُwajaʿalnāhuand We made him
  8. مَثَلًاmathalanan example
  9. لِّبَنِىٓlibanīfor (the) Children of Israel
  10. إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَis'rāīlafor (the) Children of Israel

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