Tafsir for verse: 5:114
قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلۡ عَلَيۡنَا مَآئِدَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدٗا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةٗ مِّنكَۖ وَٱرۡزُقۡنَا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ ١١٤ ﴿114
114‘Īsā son of Maryam said, “O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a repast from heaven which may be a happy occasion for us, for all our generations present and future, and a sign from You, and give us provisions. You are the best Giver of Provisions.”
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Commentary

[Isa] said; and he attributed it to him as an addition in the clarification of it; for the sake of truth; and because he has no father; and to refute those who praised him; or lowered his status; so he said: "Son of Mary, O Allah"; thus he began his supplication with the greatest name; then with the description of kindness; he said: "Our Lord"; meaning: O You who are kind to us; "send down upon us"; and he presented the intended matter; so he said: "a table spread"; and he confirmed the place of the descent by saying: "from the heaven"; then he described it with that which would be a source of great amazement; of high rank; so he said: "it will be"; meaning: it is; or the day of its descent; "a festival for us"; and the origin of the festival is every day in which there is a gathering; then he qualified it with joy; so the meaning is: we will return to it repeatedly; joyfully with it; and perhaps from it will come blessings when it is returned to him - peace be upon him - as in the authentic hadiths; and this is supported by his saying - changing from "for us" -: "for our first and our last" (p-358). And when he mentioned the worldly matter; he followed it with the religious matter; so he said: "and a sign from You"; meaning: a sign of my truthfulness; "and provide for us"; meaning: provision that is absolute; not restricted by it; and when the estimation was: for You are the best of those who are asked; he added to it his saying: "and You are the best of providers"; meaning: for indeed You enrich whom You give; and increase him beyond what he hopes for and desires; with that which does not diminish anything from what is with You; and You do not ask anything from him except that he benefits himself with that which You have empowered him to do from Your obedience with that provision; "Allah said" [Al-Ma'idah: 115]; meaning: the King who encompasses knowledge; and power.

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