1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

• The hypocrites,
• those from the people of Al-Ma'idah who
disbelieved in it, and
• the people of Fir`awn.''
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Ibn Abbas said,
"They said to `Isa, son of Maryam, `Supplicate to
Allah to send down to us from heaven, a table
spread with food.'
He also said, `So the angels brought the table
down containing seven fish and seven pieces of
bread and placed it before them. So the last
group of people ate as the first group did.''
Ibn Jarir recorded that Ishaq bin Abdullah said that;
the table was sent down to `Isa son of Maryam
having seven pieces of bread and seven fish, and
they ate from it as much as they wished. But
when some of them stole food from it, saying, "It
might not come down tomorrow,'' the table
ascended.
These statements testify that the table was sent down to
the Children of Israel during the time of `Isa, son of
Maryam, as a result of Allah's accepting his supplication
to Him. The apparent wording of this Ayah also states
so, قَالَ‏ اللّهُ‏ إِن ِّي مُنَز ِّلُهَا عَلَيْكُمْ‏ (Allah said: "I am going to send
it down unto you...'').
وَإِذْ‏ قَالَ‏ الل َّهُ‏ یعِيسَى ابْنَ‏ مَرْیَمَ‏ أَءَنتَ‏ قُلتَ‏ لِلن َّاسِ‏
ات َّخِذُونِى وَأُم ِّىَ‏ إِلَهَيْنِ‏ مِن دُونِ‏ الل َّهِ‏
5:116 And (remember) when Allah will say (on the
Day of Resurrection): "O `Isa, son of Maryam! Did
you say unto men: `Worship me and my mother as
two gods besides Allah!'''
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