The Family of Imran, The House of Imran 3:59

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Arabic English Morphology
إِنَّ inna
Indeed Prep
مَثَلَ mathala
(the) likeness Noun
عِيسَىٰ ʿīsā
(of) Isa Noun
عِندَ ʿinda
near Noun
Allah Noun
كَمَثَلِ kamathali
(is) like (the) likeness Noun
(of) Adam Noun
خَلَقَهُۥ khalaqahu
He created him V
مِن min
from Prep
تُرَابٍ turābin
dust Noun
ثُمَّ thumma
then Prep
قَالَ qāla
He said V
لَهُۥ lahu
to him Noun
كُن kun
Be V
فَيَكُونُ fayakūnu
and he was V

In God’s eyes Jesus is just like Adam: He created him from dust, said to him, ‘Be’, and he was

— Abdel Haleem

Arabic Text

إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِیسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَۖ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابࣲ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَیَكُونُ ۝٥٩

inna mathala ʿīsā ʿinda l-lahi kamathali ādama khalaqahu min turābin thumma qāla lahu kun fayakūn