Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

and when I held off [the evil of] the Children of Israel
from you
when you brought them manifest proofs,
whereat the faithless among them said,
‘This is nothing but plain magic.’
111 And when I inspired the Disciples,
[saying], ‘Have faith in Me and My apostle,’
they said, ‘We have faith.
Bear witness that we are muslims.’
112 When the Disciples said, ‘O Jesus son of Mary!
Can your Lord send down to us
a table 1 from the sky?’
Said he, ‘Be wary of Allah,
should you be faithful.’
113 They said, ‘We desire to eat from it,
and our hearts will be at rest:
we shall know that you have told us the truth,
and we shall be among the witnesses to it.’
114 Said Jesus son of Mary, ‘O Allah! Our Lord!
Send down to us a table from the sky,
to be a festival for us,
for the first ones and the last ones among us
and as a sign from You,
and provide for us;
for You are the best of providers.’
115 Allah said, ‘I will indeed send it down to you.
But should any of you disbelieve after this,
I will indeed punish him with a punishment
such as I do not punish anyone in all creation.’

1 Table: The food and drink served at meals.

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Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation, Islamic College for Advance Studies Press (ICAS), London (Distributed by The Centre for Translation of the Holy Qur’ān, Qom, Iran), Consulted online at “Quran Archive - Texts and Studies on the Quran” on 15 Jan. 2025: http://quran-archive.org/explorer/ali-quli-qarai/2005?page=202