Surah Al-Ma'idah (5:112)

اِذۡ قَالَ الۡحَـوَارِيُّوۡنَ يٰعِيۡسَى ابۡنَ مَرۡيَمَ هَلۡ يَسۡتَطِيۡعُ رَبُّكَ اَنۡ يُّنَزِّلَ عَلَيۡنَا مَآٮِٕدَةً مِّنَ السَّمَآءِ ؕ قَالَ اتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ مُّؤۡمِنِيۡنَ‏ ۝

Ith qala alhawariyyoonaya AAeesa ibna maryama hal yastateeAAurabbuka an yunazzila AAalayna ma-idatan mina assama-iqala ittaqoo Allaha in kuntum mu/mineen

And remember when the disciples said, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, can your Lord send down to us a table spread with food from the heaven?" Jesus said, "Fear Allāh, if you should be believers."

Tadabbur (Reflection)

Theme of the Ayat

The Demand for the Heavenly Feast: The disciples' request for a physical sign.

The Insight

The disciples requested Jesus to ask God to send down a table spread with food from heaven. **Beware of demanding spectacle.** The demand for continuous physical signs risks reducing faith to mere proof-seeking, distracting from the spiritual essence of the message.