Al-Jalalayn
Al-Jalalayn
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فَجَعَلۡنَٰهُمۡ سَلَفٗا وَمَثَلٗا لِّلۡأٓخِرِينَ
Nous fîmes d'eux un antécédant et un exemple [une leçon] pour la postérité
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
And We made them a thing past salaf is the plural of sālif similar in pattern to khādim khadam that is to say a precedent as a lesson and an example for others after them that they posterity might take their predicament as a lesson and so not engage in actions similar to theirs.
۞وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ مَثَلًا إِذَا قَوۡمُكَ مِنۡهُ يَصِدُّونَ
Quand on cite l'exemple du fils de Marie, ton peuple s'en détourne
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
And when the son of Mary is cited as an example — after God’s following words were revealed ‘Truly you and what you worship besides God shall be fuel for Hell’ Q. 2198 and the idolaters said ‘We are satisfied that our gods be together with Jesus in Hell for he too was worshipped besides God’ — behold! your people that is the idolaters laugh at it at this example — they clamour with joy at what they hear.
وَقَالُوٓاْ ءَأَٰلِهَتُنَا خَيۡرٌ أَمۡ هُوَۚ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ إِلَّا جَدَلَۢاۚ بَلۡ هُمۡ قَوۡمٌ خَصِمُونَ
en disant: «Nos dieux sont-ils meilleurs, ou bien lui?» Ce n'est que par polémique qu'ils te le citent comme exemple. Ce sont plutôt des gens chicaniers
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
And they say ‘Are our gods better or he?’ Jesus. We are satisfied that our gods be in the same predicament with him. They only cite this that is the example to you for the sake of contention merely arguing with falsehood for they know that the particle mā of wa-mā ta‘budūna ‘and what you worship’ refers only to non-rational beings and cannot therefore include Jesus peace be upon him. Nay but they are a contentious lot an extremely disputatious folk.
إِنۡ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبۡدٌ أَنۡعَمۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ مَثَلٗا لِّبَنِيٓ إِسۡرَـٰٓءِيلَ
Il (Jésus) n'était qu'un Serviteur que Nous avions comblé de bienfaits et que Nous avions désigné en exemple aux Enfants d'Israël
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
He Jesus is only a servant of Ours on whom We bestowed favour through prophethood and We made him by his coming into being without a father an exemplar for the Children of Israel that is to say like an example because of the wondrousness of his case one from which one is able to infer God’s power exalted be He to do whatever He will.
وَلَوۡ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلۡنَا مِنكُم مَّلَـٰٓئِكَةٗ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ يَخۡلُفُونَ
Si Nous voulions, Nous ferions de vous des Anges qui vous succéderaient sur la terre
Al-Jalalayn — Al-Jalalayn
And had We willed We would have appointed among you instead of you angels to be your successors in the earth by Our destroying you.