Stories from the Qur’an • Series 28

A Table from the Heaven

The Story of Prophet Jesus and the Disciples According to the Qur’an and Authentic Hadith

A bird from clay, the blind healed, the dead brought to life — all “by permission of Allah”. The disciples answered the call “Who are my supporters for Allah?”, and a table came down from the heaven. His enemies plotted, but Allah raised him to Himself. The story of Prophet Jesus from the Qur’an and authentic Hadith only, without Israiliyyat. “O Allah, our Lord, send down to us a table from the heaven.”

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What You Will Learn

Signs by permission of Allah — a bird from clay, healing and giving life (3:48–50; 5:110), with a flow chart of 8 events.
Good tidings: Ahmad — Jesus foretold the coming of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (61:6).
“Who are my supporters?” — the disciples (3:52–53; 61:14), and every prophet has a hawari (Sahih al-Bukhari 2846).
A table from the heaven — a request, a supplication and a warning (5:112–115).
Not killed, not crucified — raised to Allah (3:54–55; 4:157–158), and the prohibition of excess (4:171; Sahih al-Bukhari 3435, 3445).
A question on the Day of Resurrection and his descent at the end of time (5:116–118; 4:159; Sahih al-Bukhari 3448), a table of Israiliyyat and an archaeological note on Nazareth.

قَالَ عِيسَى ٱبۡنُ مَرۡيَمَ ٱللَّهُمَّ رَبَّنَآ أَنزِلۡ عَلَيۡنَا مَآئِدَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ تَكُونُ لَنَا عِيدًا لِّأَوَّلِنَا وَءَاخِرِنَا وَءَايَةً مِّنكَۖ وَٱرۡزُقۡنَا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

“Said Jesus, the son of Mary, ‘O Allah, 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.’”

Surah Al-Ma’idah (5): 114 — Sahih International

🌿 Reflection The call of Jesus, “Who are my supporters for Allah?”, did not end in his time. Allah repeats it to us in Surah As-Saff: be supporters of Allah.

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The story of Prophet Jesus and the disciples — the verses of Surahs Ali ‘Imran, An-Nisa’, Al-Ma’idah and As-Saff with the Sahih International translation, a flow chart of the story and a summary of “Jesus according to revelation”, authentic Hadith with linked chains of narration, commentary of trusted scholars, a table of Israiliyyat, and an honest archaeological note on first-century Nazareth with academic journal references.

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