ʿĪsā — The Duʿāʾ of the Prophets

ʿĪsā عليه السلام

عيسى

Born to Maryam without a father and spoke from the cradle. Given the Injīl, and raised to Allah rather than killed.

What he faced

Being answerable for what people would later say about him.

In the Qurʾān

Qurʾān 3:45–59 · Qurʾān 5:110–120 · Qurʾān 19:16–36

His duʿāʾ — 2

1 Send down for us a table

5:114 · asking for food or means for people depending on you · excerpt, framing dimmed

Source: Sūrat Al-Maaida
5:114

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

English · Marmaduke Pickthall Jesus, son of Mary, said: O Allah, Lord of us! Send down for us a table spread with food from heaven, that it may be a feast for us, for the first of us and for the last of us, and a sign from Thee. Give us sustenance, for Thou art the Best of Sustainers.

Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Meryemoğlu İsa da: "Allah'ım, Rabbımız, bizim üzerimize gökten bir sofra indir ki, bizim için, önce ve sonra gelenlerimiz için bir bayram ve senden bir mucize olsun. Bizi rızıklandır, sen rızık verenlerin en hayırlısısın!" dedi.

In the Qur’an (5:114), Isa supplicates for a table from heaven as a sign and provision.

Commentary, reflection and related duʿāʾ

2 They are Your servants

5:118 · praying for people who have gone wrong and are not yours to judge

Source: Sūrat Al-Maaida
5:118

إِن تُعَذِّبْهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ عِبَادُكَ وَإِن تَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ فَإِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

ʾin tuʿadhdhibhum fa-ʾinnahum ʿibāduka wa-ʾin taghfir lahum fa-ʾinnaka ʾanta al-ʿazīzu al-ḥakīmu

English · Marmaduke Pickthall If Thou punish them, lo! they are Thy slaves, and if Thou forgive them (lo! they are Thy slaves). Lo! Thou, only Thou, art the Mighty, the Wise.

Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır "Eğer onlara azab edersen, onlar senin kullarındır, eğer onları bağışlarsan, şüphesiz sen daima üstünsün, hikmet sahibisin".

From Sūrat Al-Maaida, 5:118. The occasion of this supplication has not yet been written with a tafsīr citation.

Commentary and related duʿāʾ