ٱلزُّخْرُف : ٥٧

  • وَلَمَّا And when
  • ضُرِبَ is presented
  • ٱبۡنُ (the) son
  • مَرۡيَمَ (of) Maryam
  • مَثَلًا (as) an example
  • إِذَا behold!
  • قَوۡمُكَ Your people
  • مِنۡهُ about it
  • يَصِدُّونَ laughed aloud
And when the son of Mary was presented as an example,1 immediately your people laughed aloud.
Footnotes
1 Of a creation of Allāh which is being worshipped along with Him.
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. 21:98] 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.