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Aya 114
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قالَ عيسَى ابنُ مَريَمَ اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنا أَنزِل عَلَينا مائِدَةً مِنَ السَّماءِ تَكونُ لَنا عيدًا لِأَوَّلِنا وَآخِرِنا وَآيَةً مِنكَ ۖ وَارزُقنا وَأَنتَ خَيرُ الرّازِقينَ

Yusuf Ali

Said Jesus the son of Mary: “O God our Lord! Send us from heaven a table set (with viands),1 that there may be for us - for the first and the last of us - a solemn festival and a sign from thee; and provide for our sustenance,2 for thou art the best Sustainer (of our needs).”
  • The words of the Prayer seem to suggest the Last Supper, Cf. also the vision of Peter in “The Acts of the Apostles,” 10:9-16.
  • As in Islam, so in Christ’s Prayer, sustenance should be taken for both physical and spiritual strength, especially the latter. “Give us this day our daily bread” seems the rendering of a literalist whose attention was fixed too much on bread.