Eternal Words 5-Sura Al - Ma'idah (The Food) verse112-113
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(112) إِذْ قالَ الْحَوارِيُّونَ يا عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ هَلْ يَسْتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَنْ يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيْنا مائِدَةً مِنَ
السَّماءِ قالَ اتَّقُوا اللَّهَ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ
(113) قالُوا نُرِيدُ أَنْ نَأْكُلَ مِنْها وَ تَطْمَئِنَّ قُلُوبُنا وَ نَعْلَمَ أَنْ قَدْ صَدَقْتَنا وَ نَكُونَ عَلَيْها مِنَ الشَّاهِدِين
112. " (Remember) when the disciples said : ' O' Jesus son of Mary! is your Lord able to send down to us a table from the sky ? ' (Jesus) said: ' Be in awe of Allah if you are believers '. "
113. " They said: ' We desire to eat from it, and our hearts would be at rest, and we would know that you have told us the truth, and that we may be of the witnesses upon it'."
Commentary :
This holy verse points the well-known process of ' The table of Food ' sent from the sky. It says:
" (Remember) when the disciples said : ' O' Jesus son of Mary! is your Lord able to send down to us a table from the sky ? ..."
Messiah became uneasy of this question of theirs, their statement containted the smell of doubt, because he had brought plenty of verses and signs for them. So, as a warning, he admonished them:
"... (Jesus) said: ' Be in awe of Allah if you are believers '. "
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But, soon after that, they informed Jesus that they had not an evil aim by that suggestion. They said that they did not intend obstinacy, but they wanted to eat from that ' Table of Food ' in order to obtain not only the luminosity created by that nutrition in their souls (because nutrition certainly affects in man's soul), but also their hearts would be at rest. So, by observing that great miracle, they might reach the bound of certainty of sight and knew that whatever he had told them was true, and that they could bear witness over it.
The verse says:
" They said: ' We desire to eat from it, and our hearts would be at rest, and we would know that you have told us the truth, and that we may be of the witnesses upon it'."
Explanations :
1. The reason that the Sura has been nominated by the appellation of 'Al-Ma'idah' is because of the very desire of 'Table of Food' that they demanded to come from the sky.
2. The Arabic word ' Al-Ma'idah ' means both 'food' and 'the table wherein there is food'.
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