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An-Nisa 4:157

وَقَوۡلِهِمۡ إِنَّا قَتَلۡنَا ٱلۡمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ رَسُولَ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ وَمَا صَلَبُوهُ وَلَٰكِن شُبِّهَ لَهُمۡۚ وَإِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ فِيهِ لَفِي شَكّٖ مِّنۡهُۚ مَا لَهُم بِهِۦ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍ إِلَّا ٱتِّبَاعَ ٱلظَّنِّۚ وَمَا قَتَلُوهُ يَقِينَۢا

and for boasting, “We killed the Messiah, Jesus, son of Mary, the messenger of Allah.” But they neither killed nor crucified him—it was only made to appear so. Even those who argue for this ˹crucifixion˺ are in doubt. They have no knowledge whatsoever—only making assumptions. They certainly did not kill him.

Word by word

وَقَوۡلِهِمۡ
waqawlihim
And for their saying
Vocabulary
Root: قول
إِنَّا
innā
Indeed we
Vocabulary
قَتَلۡنَا
qatalnā
killed
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
ٱلۡمَسِيحَ
l-masīḥa
the Messiah
Vocabulary
عِيسَى
ʿīsā
Isa
Vocabulary
ٱبۡنَ
ib'na
son
Vocabulary
Root: بني
مَرۡيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
Vocabulary
رَسُولَ
rasūla
(the) Messenger
Vocabulary
Root: رسل
ٱللَّهِ
l-lahi
(of) Allah
Vocabulary
Root: اله
وَمَا
wamā
And not
Vocabulary
قَتَلُوهُ
qatalūhu
they killed him
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
وَمَا
wamā
and not
Vocabulary
صَلَبُوهُ
ṣalabūhu
they crucified him
Vocabulary
Root: صلب
وَلَٰكِن
walākin
but
Vocabulary
شُبِّهَ
shubbiha
it was made to appear (so)
Vocabulary
Root: شبه
لَهُمۡۚ
lahum
to them
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وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
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ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
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ٱخۡتَلَفُواْ
ikh'talafū
differ
Vocabulary
Root: خلف
فِيهِ
fīhi
in it
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لَفِي
lafī
(are) surely in
Vocabulary
شَكّٖ
shakkin
doubt
Vocabulary
Root: شكك
مِّنۡهُۚ
min'hu
about it
Vocabulary
مَا
mā
Not
Vocabulary
لَهُم
lahum
for them
Vocabulary
بِهِۦ
bihi
about it
Vocabulary
مِنۡ
min
[of]
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عِلۡمٍ
ʿil'min
(any) knowledge
Vocabulary
Root: علم
إِلَّا
illā
except
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ٱتِّبَاعَ
ittibāʿa
(the) following
Vocabulary
Root: تبع
ٱلظَّنِّۚ
l-ẓani
(of) assumption
Vocabulary
Root: ظنن
وَمَا
wamā
And not
Vocabulary
قَتَلُوهُ
qatalūhu
they killed him
Vocabulary
Root: قتل
يَقِينَۢا
yaqīnan
certainly
Vocabulary
Root: يقن

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Root and lemma annotations: Quranic Arabic Corpus © 2011 Kais Dukes (GPL), based on Tanzil text. Grammar tag guide. Only verified word alignments are annotated; missing roots are not guessed. A verse may be a phrase or span several sentences.