On The Day of Resurrection (5:116 – 5:120)
Quran Talk Blog · Article · November 30, 2015
On The Day Of Resurrection
5:116 GOD will say, “O Jesus, son of Mary,* did you say to the people, `Make me and my mother idols beside GOD?’” He will say, “Be You glorified. I could not utter what was not right. Had I said it, You already would have known it. You know my thoughts, and I do not know Your thoughts. You know all the secrets.
Footnote: *5:116 It is noteworthy that the Quran consistently calls Jesus “son of Mary” and the Bible calls him “son of man”. God knew that some will blaspheme and call him “son of God”!
5:117 “I told them only what You commanded me to say, that: `You shall worship GOD, my Lord and your Lord.’ I was a witness among them for as long as I lived with them. When You terminated my life on earth, You became the Watcher over them. You witness all things.