Surah 5:110
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۞يَوۡمَ يَجۡمَعُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبۡتُمۡۖ قَالُواْ لَا عِلۡمَ لَنَآۖ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّـٰمُ ٱلۡغُيُوبِ
On the Day when God gathers the messengers, He will say, ‘What response were you given?’ They will say, ‘We have no knowledge. Surely You – You are the Knower of the unseen.’
إِذۡ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ ٱذۡكُرۡ نِعۡمَتِي عَلَيۡكَ وَعَلَىٰ وَٰلِدَتِكَ إِذۡ أَيَّدتُّكَ بِرُوحِ ٱلۡقُدُسِ تُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِي ٱلۡمَهۡدِ وَكَهۡلٗاۖ وَإِذۡ عَلَّمۡتُكَ ٱلۡكِتَٰبَ وَٱلۡحِكۡمَةَ وَٱلتَّوۡرَىٰةَ وَٱلۡإِنجِيلَۖ وَإِذۡ تَخۡلُقُ مِنَ ٱلطِّينِ كَهَيۡـَٔةِ ٱلطَّيۡرِ بِإِذۡنِي فَتَنفُخُ فِيهَا فَتَكُونُ طَيۡرَۢا بِإِذۡنِيۖ وَتُبۡرِئُ ٱلۡأَكۡمَهَ وَٱلۡأَبۡرَصَ بِإِذۡنِيۖ وَإِذۡ تُخۡرِجُ ٱلۡمَوۡتَىٰ بِإِذۡنِيۖ وَإِذۡ كَفَفۡتُ بَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ عَنكَ إِذۡ جِئۡتَهُم بِٱلۡبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ مِنۡهُمۡ إِنۡ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحۡرٞ مُّبِينٞ
(Remember) when God said, ‘Jesus, son of Mary! Remember My blessing on you and on your mother, when I supported you with the holy spirit, (and) you spoke to the people (while you were still) in the cradle, and in adulthood. And when I taught you the Book and the wisdom, and the Torah and the Gospel. And when you created the form of a bird from clay by My permission, and you breathed into it, and it became a bird by My permission, and you healed the blind and the leper by My permission. And when you brought forth the dead by My permission, and when I restrained the Sons of Israel from (violence against) you. When you brought them the clear signs, those among them who had disbelieved said, “This is nothing but clear magic.”’
وَإِذۡ أَوۡحَيۡتُ إِلَى ٱلۡحَوَارِيِّـۧنَ أَنۡ ءَامِنُواْ بِي وَبِرَسُولِي قَالُوٓاْ ءَامَنَّا وَٱشۡهَدۡ بِأَنَّنَا مُسۡلِمُونَ
(Remember) when I inspired the disciples: ‘Believe in Me and in My messenger.’ They said, ‘We believe. Bear witness that we submit.’
'Abdur-Razzaq narrated that Ath-Thawri said that Al-A'mash said that Mujahid said about the Ayah,
{On the Day when Allah will gather the Messengers together and say to them: "What was the response you received?"}
They will become afraid and reply,
{We have no knowledge...}
Ibn Jarir and Ibn Abi Hatim also recorded this explanation. 'Ali bin Abi Talhah said that Ibn 'Abbas commented on the Ayah,
{On the Day when Allah will gather the Messengers together and say to them: "What was the response you received (from men to your teaching)?" They will say: "We have no knowledge, verily, only You are the Knower of all that is hidden."}
"They will say to the Lord, Most Honored, 'We have no knowledge beyond what we know, and even that, You have more knowledge of them than us.'" This response is out of respect before the Lord, Most Honored, and it means, we have no knowledge compared to Your encompassing knowledge. Therefore, our knowledge only grasped the visible behavior of these people, not the secrets of their hearts. You are the Knower of everything, Who has encompassing knowledge of all things, and our knowledge compared to Your knowledge is similar to not having any knowledge at all, for
{only You are the Knower of all that is hidden.}
Reminding 'Isa of the Favors that Allah Granted him
Allah mentions how He blessed His servant and Messenger, Isa, son of Maryam, and the miracles and extraordinary acts He granted him. Allah said,
{Remember My favor to you} when I created you from your mother, without male intervention, and made you a sign and clear proof of My perfect power over all things.
{And to your mother} when I made you testify to her chastity and you thus absolved her from the sin that the unjust, ignorant liars accused her of,
{when I supported you with Ruh - il-Qudus}
the angel Jibril, and made you a Prophet, calling to Allah in the cradle and manhood. I made you speak in the cradle, and you testified that your mother was free from any immoral behavior, and you proclaimed that you worship Me. You also conveyed the news of My Message and invited them to worship Me.
{so that you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity}
Meaning you called the people to Allah in childhood and in maturity.
And the word Tukallim means invited, because his speaking to people while a child is nothing strange by itself.
Allah's statement,
{And when I taught you the Book and the Hikmah,} the power of writing and understanding,
{and the Tawrah} which was revealed to Musa, son of Imran, who spoke to Allah directly. Allah's statement,
{and when you made out of the clay, as it were, the figure of a bird, by My permission}
means: 'you shaped it in the figure of a bird by My permission, and it became a bird with My permission, after you blew into it'. Then, it became a flying bird with a soul by Allah's permission. Allah said;
{and you healed those born blind, and the lepers by My permission,}
This was explained before in Surah Al 'Imran (chapter 3) and we do not need to repeat it here. Allah's statement,
{And your Lord Awha (inspired) the bee, saying: "Take habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect. Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you)."} [16:68-69]
Al-Hasan Al-Basri commented about the Hawariyyun, "Allah inspired them", while As-Suddi said, "He put in their hearts," and the Hawariyyun said,
{We believe. And bear witness that we are Muslims.}