ﱻ ﱼ ﱽ ﱾ ﱿ ﲀ ﲁ ﲂ ﲃ ﲄ ﲅ ﲆ ﲇ ﲈ ﲉ ﲊ ﲋ ﲌ ﲍ ﲎ ﲏ ﲐ ﲑ ﲒ ﲓ ﲔ ﲕ
They have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the third of three." And there is no god except one God. And if they do not desist from what they are saying, there will surely afflict the disbelievers among them a painful punishment.
Tafsir
Verse range: 5:73
لقد كفر الذين قالوا إن الله ثالث ثﻼثة
Surely, they have disbelieved who say: "Allah is the third of three." Mujahid and several others said that; this Ayah was revealed about the Christians in particular. As-Suddi and others said that; this Ayah was revealed about taking `Isa and his mother as gods besides Allah, thus making Allah the third in a trinity. As-Suddi said, "This is similar to Allah's statement towards the end of the Surah,
وإذ قال الله يا عيسى ابن مريم أأنت قلت للناس اتخذوني وأمي إلهين من دون الله قال سبحانك
And (remember) when Allah will say: "O `Isa, son of Maryam! Did you say unto men: `Worship me and my mother as two gods besides Allah' He will say, "Glory be to You!" (5:116) Allah replied,
وما من إله إﻻ إله واحد
But there is no god but One God. meaning there are not many worthy of worship but there is only One God without partners, and He is the Lord of all creation and all that exists. Allah said next, while threatening and admonishing them,
وإن لم ينتهوا عما يقولون
And if they cease not from what they say, their lies and false claims,
ليمسن الذين كفروا منهم عذاب أليم
verily, a painful torment will befall the disbelievers among them. in the Hereafter, shackled and tormented. Allah said next,
أفﻼ يتوبون إلى الله ويستغفرونه والله غفور رحيم
