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

1. يريدون أن يخرجوا من النار وما هم بخارجين منها ولهم عذاب مقيم

   37

   They would long to leave the Fire, but they shall never leave it, and there is a lasting punishment for them.

   yurīdūna ʾan yakhrujū mina n-nāri wa-mā hum bi-khārijīna minhā wa-lahum ʿadhābun muqīmun

2. والسارق والسارقة فاقطعوا أيديهما جزاء بما كسبا نكالا من الله والله عزيز حكيم

   38

   As for the thief, man or woman, cut off their hands as a requital for what they have earned. [That is] an exemplary punishment from Allah, and Allah is all-mighty, all-wise.

   wa-s-sāriqu wa-s-sāriqatu fa-qṭaʿū ʾaydiyahumā jazāʾan bi-mā kasabā nakālan mina llāhi wa-llāhu ʿazīzun ḥakīmun

3. فمن تاب من بعد ظلمه وأصلح فإن الله يتوب عليه إن الله غفور رحيم

   39

   But whoever repents after his wrongdoing, and reforms, then Allah shall accept his repentance. Indeed Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   fa-man tāba min baʿdi ẓulmihī wa-ʾaṣlaḥa fa-ʾinna llāha yatūbu ʿalayhi ʾinna llāha ghafūrun raḥīmun

4. ألم تعلم أن الله له ملك السماوات والأرض يعذب من يشاء ويغفر لمن يشاء والله على كل شيء قدير

   40

   Do you not know that to Allah belongs the kingdom of the heavens and the earth? He punishes whomever He wishes, and forgives whomever He wishes, and Allah has power over all things.

   ʾa-lam taʿlam ʾanna llāha lahū mulku s-samāwāti wa-l-ʾarḍi yuʿadhdhibu man yashāʾu wa-yaghfiru li-man yashāʾu wa-llāhu ʿalā kulli shayʾin qadīrun

5. يا أيها الرسول لا يحزنك الذين يسارعون في الكفر من الذين قالوا آمنا بأفواههم ولم تؤمن قلوبهم ومن الذين هادوا سماعون للكذب سماعون لقوم آخرين لم يأتوك يحرفون الكلم من بعد مواضعه يقولون إن أوتيتم هذا فخذوه وإن لم تؤتوه فاحذروا ومن يرد الله فتنته فلن تملك له من الله شيئا أولئك الذين لم يرد الله أن يطهر قلوبهم لهم في الدنيا خزي ولهم في الآخرة عذاب عظيم

   41

   O Apostle! Do not grieve for those who are active in [promoting] unfaith, such as those who say, ‘We believe’ with their mouths, but whose hearts have no faith, and the Jews who eavesdrop with the aim of [telling] lies [against you] and eavesdrop for other people who do not come to you. They pervert words from their meanings, [and] say, ‘If you are given this, take it, but if you are not given this, beware!’ Yet whomever Allah wishes to mislead, you cannot avail him anything against Allah. They are the ones whose hearts Allah did not desire to purify. For them is disgrace in this world, and there is a great punishment for them in the Hereafter.

   yā-ʾayyuhā r-rasūlu lā yaḥzunka lladhīna yusāriʿūna fī l-kufri mina lladhīna qālū ʾāmannā bi-ʾafwāhihim wa-lam tuʾmin qulūbuhum wa-mina lladhīna hādū sammāʿūna li-l-kadhibi sammāʿūna li-qawmin ʾākharīna lam yaʾtūka yuḥarrifūna l-kalima min baʿdi mawāḍiʿihī yaqūlūna ʾin ʾūtītum hādhā fa-khudhūhu wa-ʾin lam tuʾtawhu fa-ḥdharū wa-man yuridi llāhu fitnatahū fa-lan tamlika lahū mina llāhi shayʾan ʾulāʾika lladhīna lam yuridi llāhu ʾan yuṭahhira qulūbahum lahum fī d-dunyā khizyun wa-lahum fī l-ʾākhirati ʿadhābun ʿaẓīmun