ٱلزُّخْرُف : ٥٩

  • إِنۡ Not
  • هُوَ he
  • إِلَّا (was) except
  • عَبۡدٌ a slave
  • أَنۡعَمۡنَا We bestowed Our favor
  • عَلَيۡهِ on him
  • وَجَعَلۡنَٰهُ and We made him
  • مَثَلٗا an example
  • لِّبَنِيٓ for (the) Children of Israel
  • إِسۡرَٰٓءِيلَ for (the) Children of Israel
He [i.e., Jesus] was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.
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 Israelites, 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.