The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
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مَا
قُلْتُ
لَهُمْ
إِلَّا
مَا
أَمَرْتَنِي
بِهِ
أَنِ
اعْبُدُوا
اللَّهَ
رَبِّي
وَرَبَّكُمْ
وَكُنتُ
عَلَيْهِمْ
شَهِيدًا
مَّا
دُمْتُ
فِيهِمْ
فَلَمَّا
تَوَفَّيْتَنِي
كُنتَ
أَنتَ
الرَّقِيبَ
عَلَيْهِمْ
وَأَنتَ
عَلَى
كُلِّ
شَيْءٍ
شَهِيدٌ
mā qultu lahum ʾillā mā ʾamartanī bihī ʾani ʿbudū llāha rabbī wa-rabbakum wa-kuntu ʿalayhim shahīdan mā dumtu fīhim fa-lammā tawaffaytanī kunta ʾanta r-raqība ʿalayhim wa-ʾanta ʿalā kulli shayʾin shahīdun
I did not say to them [anything] except what You had commanded me [to say]: ‘‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.’’ And I was a witness to them so long as I was among them. But when You had taken me away, You Yourself were watchful over them, and You are witness to all things.
— Ali Quli Qarai
"Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, 'worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord'; and I was a witness over them whilst I dwelt amongst them; when Thou didst take me up Thou wast the Watcher over them, and Thou art a witness to all things.
