The Table Spread
5. Al-Mā'idah
المائدة
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مَّا
الْمَسِيحُ
ابْنُ
مَرْيَمَ
إِلَّا
رَسُولٌ
قَدْ
خَلَتْ
مِن
قَبْلِهِ
الرُّسُلُ
وَأُمُّهُ
صِدِّيقَةٌ
كَانَا
يَأْكُلَانِ
الطَّعَامَ
انظُرْ
كَيْفَ
نُبَيِّنُ
لَهُمُ
الْآيَاتِ
ثُمَّ
انظُرْ
أَنَّى
يُؤْفَكُونَ
mā l-masīḥu bnu maryama ʾillā rasūlun qad khalat min qablihi r-rusulu wa-ʾummuhū ṣiddīqatun kānā yaʾkulāni ṭ-ṭaʿāma nẓur kayfa nubayyinu lahumu l-ʾāyāti thumma nẓur ʾannā yuʾfakūna
The Messiah, son of Mary, is but an apostle. Certainly, [other] apostles have passed before him, and his mother was a truthful one. Both of them would eat food. Look how We clarify the signs for them, and yet, look, how they go astray!
— Ali Quli Qarai
Christ the son of Mary was no more than a messenger; many were the messengers that passed away before him. His mother was a woman of truth. They had both to eat their (daily) food. See how Allah doth make His signs clear to them; yet see in what ways they are deluded away from the truth!
