Traduzione dei significati Versetto 112 Sura Al-Mâ’idah - Traduzione inglese - Dr. Walid Bleyhesh Al-Umary - L'Enciclopedia del Nobile Corano

Versetto: 112

إِذۡ قَالَ ٱلۡحَوَارِيُّونَ يَٰعِيسَى ٱبۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ هَلۡ يَسۡتَطِيعُ رَبُّكَ أَن يُنَزِّلَ عَلَيۡنَا مَآئِدَةٗ مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِۖ قَالَ ٱتَّقُواْ ٱللَّهَ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤۡمِنِينَ

(112) When the disciples said: “ʿĪsā son of Maryam, can your Lord send down to us a table laid^[1290] from the sky.” He said: “Be Mindful of Allah, if you are truly˺ Believers!^[1291]”

[1290] Mā’idah in Arabic is a table laden with food. A table without food is called khiwān. What is asked for here is the food itself, which could metonymically be called ‘table’ (cf. Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, Ṭanṭāwī, al-Wasīṭ): thus, my choice in the translation.
[1291] Given the illocutionary force of the Arabic original, Jesus’s response here amounts to a challenging retort meant to make them behave more sensibly and in accordance with their Faith.