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Sura 5
Aya 117
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ما قُلتُ لَهُم إِلّا ما أَمَرتَني بِهِ أَنِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ رَبّي وَرَبَّكُم ۚ وَكُنتُ عَلَيهِم شَهيدًا ما دُمتُ فيهِم ۖ فَلَمّا تَوَفَّيتَني كُنتَ أَنتَ الرَّقيبَ عَلَيهِم ۚ وَأَنتَ عَلىٰ كُلِّ شَيءٍ شَهيدٌ

Yusuf Ali

“Never said I to them aught except what Thou didst command me to say, to wit, ?worship God, my Lord and your Lord?;1 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.2
  • Cf. 5:72 and n. 782.
  • Jesus here acknowledges that he was mortal, and that his knowledge was limited like that of a mortal.