What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: {Can your Lord not send down a table spread with food from the sky?} And did Allah send it down?

Question:
We will take a call from Thamer in Taif with us on the line. Thamer, peace be upon you. And upon you peace. Peace be upon you. Honorable Shaykh, I have three questions. May Allah reward you with good. Please go ahead. I have a question about the end of Surat al-Ma'idah. I want an explanation of the saying of Allah the Exalted And did Allah send down this table or did He not send it down? Okay, the Shaykh will answer.

Answer:
Yes. This verse is from the end of Surat al-Ma'idah, where the disciples said to 'Isa (peace be upon him) ? And the table is known to be food, it is the... the collection of food that people eat? They understood this as a form of stubbornness.
Otherwise, Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) has already provided for them. They only said this out of stubbornness: "Can your Lord do it?" In one reading, This is what Allah criticized them for. Therefore, when 'Isa (peace be upon him) called upon his Lord to send down a table from the sky, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) said: There is no doubt that they erred in this. Had they been content with the provision of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He), He would have provided for them without this challenge. The scholars (may Allah have mercy on them) differed on whether Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) sent down this table or not. Not sending it down was in their best interest, for whoever disbelieves . Yes.