Surah Al-Ma'ida 5:46 — translation and meaning

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ۖ وَقَفَّيْنَا عَلَى آثَارِهِم بِعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ مُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَآتَيْنَاهُ الْإِنجِيلَ فِيهِ هُدًى وَنُورٌ وَمُصَدِّقًا لِّمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ وَهُدًى وَمَوْعِظَةً لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ

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ۖ
وَقَفَّيْنَا
waqaffayna
And We sent
عَلَى
ala
on
آثَارِهِم
atharihim
their footsteps
بِعِيسَى
bi'isa
Isa
ابْنِ
ib'ni
son
مَرْيَمَ
maryama
(of) Maryam
مُصَدِّقًا
musaddiqan
confirming
لِّمَا
lima
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was) between
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
his hands
مِنَ
mina
of
التَّوْرَاةِ
al-tawrati
the Taurat
وَآتَيْنَاهُ
waataynahu
and We gave him
الْإِنجِيلَ
al-injila
the Injeel
فِيهِ
fihi
in it
هُدًى
hudan
(was) Guidance
وَنُورٌ
wanurun
and light
وَمُصَدِّقًا
wamusaddiqan
and confirming
لِّمَا
lima
what
بَيْنَ
bayna
(was) between
يَدَيْهِ
yadayhi
his hands
مِنَ
mina
of
التَّوْرَاةِ
al-tawrati
the Taurat
وَهُدًى
wahudan
and a Guidance
وَمَوْعِظَةً
wamaw'izatan
and an admonition
لِّلْمُتَّقِينَ
lil'muttaqina
for the God conscious

Transliteration

Wa qaffainaa 'alaaa aasaaarihim bi 'Eesab ni Maryama musaddiqal limaa baina yadihi minat Tawraati wa aatainaahul Injeela feehi hudanw wa noorunw wa musaddiqal limaa baina yadaihi minat Tawraati wa hudanw wa maw'izatal lilmuttaqeen

Translation

And We sent, following in their footsteps, Jesus, the son of Mary, confirming that which came before him in the Torah; and We gave him the Gospel, in which was guidance and light and confirming that which preceded it of the Torah as guidance and instruction for the righteous.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

After the prophets of the Israelites, I sent Jesus, son of Mary, as a believer in the Torah, giving judgement in accordance with it. I also gave him the Gospel that contained guidance to the truth and evidences to remove doubts and solve difficult cases of rulings: it corresponded to the Torah that came before it, except in a few rulings that it replaced. I made the Gospel a guide and a means to restrain people from doing that which was prohibited.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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