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

1. وقالت اليهود والنصارى نحن أبناء الله وأحباؤه قل فلم يعذبكم بذنوبكم بل أنتم بشر ممن خلق يغفر لمن يشاء ويعذب من يشاء ولله ملك السماوات والأرض وما بينهما وإليه المصير

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   The Jews and the Christians say, ‘We are Allah’s children and His beloved ones.’ Say, ‘Then why does He punish you for your sins?’ No, you are humans from among His creatures. He forgives whomever He wishes, and punishes whomever He wishes, and to Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth, and whatever is between them, and toward Him is the return.

   wa-qālati l-yahūdu wa-n-naṣārā naḥnu ʾabnāʾu llāhi wa-ʾaḥibbāʾuhū qul fa-li-ma yuʿadhdhibukum bi-dhunūbikum bal ʾantum basharun mimman khalaqa yaghfiru li-man yashāʾu wa-yuʿadhdhibu man yashāʾu wa-li-llāhi mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi wa-mā baynahumā wa-ʾilayhi l-maṣīru

2. يا أهل الكتاب قد جاءكم رسولنا يبين لكم على فترة من الرسل أن تقولوا ما جاءنا من بشير ولا نذير فقد جاءكم بشير ونذير والله على كل شيء قدير

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   O People of the Book! Certainly Our Apostle has come to you, clarifying [the Divine teachings] for you after a gap in [the appearance of] the apostles, lest you should say, ‘There did not come to us any bearer of good news nor any warner.’ Certainly, there has come to you a bearer of good news and a warner. And Allah has power over all things.

   yā-ʾahla l-kitābi qad jāʾakum rasūlunā yubayyinu lakum ʿalā fatratin mina r-rusuli ʾan taqūlū mā jāʾanā min bashīrin wa-lā nadhīrin fa-qad jāʾakum bashīrun wa-nadhīrun wa-llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

3. وإذ قال موسى لقومه يا قوم اذكروا نعمة الله عليكم إذ جعل فيكم أنبياء وجعلكم ملوكا وآتاكم ما لم يؤت أحدا من العالمين

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   When Moses said to his people, ‘O my people, remember Allah’s blessing upon you when He appointed prophets among you, and made you kings, and gave you what none of the nations were given.

   wa-ʾidh qāla mūsā li-qawmihī yā-qawmi dhkurū niʿmata llāhi ʿalaykum ʾidh jaʿala fīkum ʾanbiyāʾa wa-jaʿalakum mulūkan wa-ʾātākum mā lam yuʾti ʾaḥadan mina l-ʿālamīna

4. يا قوم ادخلوا الأرض المقدسة التي كتب الله لكم ولا ترتدوا على أدباركم فتنقلبوا خاسرين

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   O my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has ordained for you, and do not turn your backs, or you will become losers.’

   yā-qawmi dkhulū l-ʾarḍa l-muqaddasata llatī kataba llāhu lakum wa-lā tartaddū ʿalā ʾadbārikum fa-tanqalibū khāsirīna

5. قالوا يا موسى إن فيها قوما جبارين وإنا لن ندخلها حتى يخرجوا منها فإن يخرجوا منها فإنا داخلون

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   They said, ‘O Moses, there are a tyrannical people in it. We will not enter it until they leave it. But once they leave it, we will go in.’

   qālū yā-mūsā ʾinna fīhā qawman jabbārīna wa-ʾinnā lan nadkhulahā ḥattā yakhrujū minhā fa-ʾin yakhrujū minhā fa-ʾinnā dākhilūna

6. قال رجلان من الذين يخافون أنعم الله عليهما ادخلوا عليهم الباب فإذا دخلتموه فإنكم غالبون وعلى الله فتوكلوا إن كنتم مؤمنين

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   Said two men from among those who were Godfearing and whom Allah had blessed: ‘Go at them by the gate! For once, you have entered it, you will be victors. Put your trust in Allah, should you be faithful.’

   qāla rajulāni mina lladhīna yakhāfūna ʾanʿama llāhu ʿalayhimā dkhulū ʿalayhimu l-bāba fa-ʾidhā dakhaltumūhu fa-ʾinnakum ghālibūna wa-ʿalā llāhi fa-tawakkalū ʾin kuntum muʾminīna