Surah Al-Mā'idah (The Table Spread) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. يا أيها الذين آمنوا أوفوا بالعقود أحلت لكم بهيمة الأنعام إلا ما يتلى عليكم غير محلي الصيد وأنتم حرم إن الله يحكم ما يريد

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   O you who have faith! Keep your agreements. You are permitted animals of grazing livestock, except what is [now] announced to you, disallowing game while you are in pilgrim sanctity. Indeed Allah decrees whatever He desires.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾawfū bi-l-ʿuqūdi ʾuḥillat lakum bahīmatu l-ʾanʿāmi ʾillā mā yutlā ʿalaykum ghayra muḥillī ṣ-ṣaydi wa-ʾantum ḥurumun ʾinna llāha yaḥkumu mā yurīdu

2. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تحلوا شعائر الله ولا الشهر الحرام ولا الهدي ولا القلائد ولا آمين البيت الحرام يبتغون فضلا من ربهم ورضوانا وإذا حللتم فاصطادوا ولا يجرمنكم شنآن قوم أن صدوكم عن المسجد الحرام أن تعتدوا وتعاونوا على البر والتقوى ولا تعاونوا على الإثم والعدوان واتقوا الله إن الله شديد العقاب

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   O you who have faith! Do not violate Allah’s sacraments, neither the sacred month, nor the offering, nor the necklaces, nor those bound for the Sacred House, who seek their Lord’s grace and [His] pleasure. But when you emerge from pilgrim sanctity, you may hunt for game. Ill feeling for a people should not lead you, because they barred you from [access to] the Sacred Mosque, to transgress. Cooperate in piety and Godwariness, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression, and be wary of Allah. Indeed Allah is severe in retribution.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā tuḥillū shaʿāʾira llāhi wa-lā sh-shahra l-ḥarāma wa-lā l-hadya wa-lā l-qalāʾida wa-lā ʾāmmīna l-bayta l-ḥarāma yabtaghūna faḍlan min rabbihim wa-riḍwānan wa-ʾidhā ḥalaltum fa-ṣṭādū wa-lā yajrimannakum shanaʾānu qawmin ʾan ṣaddūkum ʿani l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi ʾan taʿtadū wa-taʿāwanū ʿalā l-birri wa-t-taqwā wa-lā taʿāwanū ʿalā l-ʾithmi wa-l-ʿudwāni wa-ttaqū llāha ʾinna llāha shadīdu l-ʿiqābi