Surah Ali 'Imran — Verse 46

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وَيُكَلِّمُ ٱلنَّاسَ فِى ٱلْمَهْدِ وَكَهْلًا وَمِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

Wayukallimu annasa feealmahdi wakahlan wamina assaliheen

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

He will speak to the people in the cradle and in maturity and will be of the righteous."

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

He will speak to people in his infancyand in his adulthood. He will be one of the righteous.’

Marmaduke Pickthall

He will speak unto mankind in his cradle and in his manhood, and he is of the righteous.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

"He shall speak to the people in childhood and in maturity. And he shall be (of the company) of the righteous."

Mufti Taqi Usmani

He shall speak to people while (he is still) in the cradle, and also later, when he is of mature age; and he shall be one of the righteous.”

Al-Hilali & Khan

"He will speak to the people in the cradle and in manhood, and he will be one of the righteous."

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

And he shall speak to men in the cradle and also later when he grows to maturity and shall indeed be among the righteous.'

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

And he shall speak unto men in his cradle, and as a grown man, and shall be of the righteous."

Rowwad · source edition

He will speak to people in the cradle[21] and in maturity, and he will be one of the righteous.”

Notes

[21] "None spoke in cradle but three: (The first child was Jesus). (The second was): There was a man from the Children of Israel called Jurayj. His story with his mother, and he was falsely blamed for illegal sexual relations with a prostitute. The baby born out of this illegal relation spoke and declared his real father who was a shepherd and not Jurayj, so he was finally proven innocent. (The third was in the following story): A lady from the Children of Israel who wished his nursing child to become like a handsome rider who passed by, and not like a slave-girl who passed by, but the child spoke and wished to be the otherwise. When she asked her child about the reason, he said: "The rider is one of the tyrants, while the slave-girl is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual intercourse." [The story is detailed in Sahih al-Bukhāri: 645]

Hilali and Khan · source edition

46. "He will speak to the people in the cradle[9] and in manhood, and he will be one of the righteous."

Notes

[9] (V.3:46) Narrated Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said, "None spoke in cradle but three: (The first was) Jesus, (the second child was): There was a man from Banî Israel called Juraij. While he was offering prayer, his mother came and called him. He said (to himself), "Shall I answer her or keep on praying?" (He went on praying and did not answer her). His mother said, "O Allâh! Do not let him die till he sees the faces of prostitutes." So while he was in his hermitage, a lady came and sought to seduce him, but he refused. So she went to a shepherd and presented herself to him to commit illegal sexual intercourse with her, and then later she gave birth to a child and claimed that it belonged to Juraij. The people, therefore, came to him and dismantled his hermitage and expelled him out of it and abused him. Juraij performed ablution and offered prayer, and then came to the child and said: "O child! Who is your father?" The child replied, "The shepherd" (after hearing this) the people said, "We shall rebuild your hermitage of gold," but he said: "No, of nothing but mud." (The third was the hero of the following story): A lady from Banî Israel was nursing her child at her breast when a handsome rider passed by her. She said, "O Allâh! Make my child like him." On that the child left her breast and facing the rider said: "O Allâh! Do not make me like him." The child then started to suck her breast again. [Abu Hurairah further said, "As if I were now looking at the Prophet صلى الله عليه و سلم sucking his finger (in way of demonstration.")]. After a while they (some people) passed by, with a lady slave and she (i.e. the child’s mother) said, "O Allâh! Do not make my child like this (slave-girl)!" On that the child left her breast, and said, "O Allâh! Make me like her." When she asked why, the child replied, "The rider is one of the tyrants while this slave-girl is falsely accused of theft and illegal sexual intercourse." (Sahih Al-Bukhâri, Vol.4, Hadîth No.645).