ʿĪsā عليه السلام · asking for food or means for people depending on you
Send down for us a table
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Sūrat Al-Maaida
5:114 - Extent
- Excerpt within the āyah, shown in full ink against dimmed framing.
- Text
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قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةًۭ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًۭا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةًۭ مِّنكَ وَٱرْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ
Al-lahumma rabbanā ʾanzil ʿalaynā māʾidatan mina as-samāʾi takūnu lanā ʿīdan liʾawwalinā wa-ʾākhirinā wa-ʾāyatan minka warzuqnā wa-ʾanta khayru ar-rāziqīna
When and why it was said
In the Qur’an (5:114), Isa supplicates for a table from heaven as a sign and provision.
Qurʾān 5:114
Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn
Jesus son of Mary said ‘O God our Lord send down upon us a Table from the heaven that it shall be that is the day of its sending down shall be a celebration for us which we shall consecrate and honour for the first li-awwalinā is an inclusive substitution for lanā ‘for us’ with the repetition of the oblique preposition li- and the last of us those who will come after us and a sign from You of Your power and my prophethood. And provide it for us; You are the Best of Providers’.
Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com
Reflection
Ask Allah for provision with gratitude and awareness of His signs.