Food & drink

Asking for something ordinary

ʿĪsā ﷺ asked for a table of food, and framed it as a festival and a sign.

قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلْ عَلَيْنَا مَآئِدَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةً مِّنكَ ۖ وَٱرْزُقْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

Allāhumma rabbanā anzil ʿalaynā mā'idatan mina-s-samā'i takūnu lanā ʿīdan li-awwalinā wa ākhirinā wa āyatan mink, wa-rzuqnā wa anta khayru-r-rāziqīn.

Said Jesus, the son of Mary, "O Allāh, our Lord, send down to us a table [spread with food] from the heaven to be for us a festival for the first of us and the last of us and a sign from You. And provide for us, and You are the best of providers."

It begins with the word Allāhumma, the only place in the Qur'an where a prophet's supplication opens that way.

Source

The Qur'an · 5:114

Qur'an
  • Qur'anic text in the Uthmani script via Quran.com; translation: Saheeh International
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