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

1. ولو أن أهل الكتاب آمنوا واتقوا لكفرنا عنهم سيئاتهم ولأدخلناهم جنات النعيم

   65

   Had the People of the Book believed and been Godwary, We would surely have absolved them of their misdeeds and admitted them into gardens of bliss.

   wa-law ʾanna ʾahla l-kitābi ʾāmanū wa-ttaqaw la-kaffarnā ʿanhum sayyiʾātihim wa-la-ʾadkhalnāhum jannāti n-naʿīmi

2. ولو أنهم أقاموا التوراة والإنجيل وما أنزل إليهم من ربهم لأكلوا من فوقهم ومن تحت أرجلهم منهم أمة مقتصدة وكثير منهم ساء ما يعملون

   66

   Had they observed the Torah and the Evangel, and what was sent down to them from their Lord, they would surely have drawn nourishment from above them and from beneath their feet. There is an upright group among them, but evil is what many of them do.

   wa-law ʾannahum ʾaqāmū t-tawrāta wa-l-ʾinjīla wa-mā ʾunzila ʾilayhim min rabbihim la-ʾakalū min fawqihim wa-min taḥti ʾarjulihim minhum ʾummatun muqtaṣidatun wa-kathīrun minhum sāʾa mā yaʿmalūna

3. يا أيها الرسول بلغ ما أنزل إليك من ربك وإن لم تفعل فما بلغت رسالته والله يعصمك من الناس إن الله لا يهدي القوم الكافرين

   67

   O Apostle! Communicate that which has been sent down to you from your Lord, and if you do not, you will not have communicated His message, and Allah shall protect you from the people. Indeed Allah does not guide the faithless lot.

   yā-ʾayyuhā r-rasūlu balligh mā ʾunzila ʾilayka min rabbika wa-ʾin lam tafʿal fa-mā ballaghta risālatahū wa-llāhu yaʿṣimuka mina n-nāsi ʾinna llāha lā yahdī l-qawma l-kāfirīna

4. قل يا أهل الكتاب لستم على شيء حتى تقيموا التوراة والإنجيل وما أنزل إليكم من ربكم وليزيدن كثيرا منهم ما أنزل إليك من ربك طغيانا وكفرا فلا تأس على القوم الكافرين

   68

   Say, ‘O People of the Book! You do not stand on anything until you observe the Torah and the Evangel and what was sent down to you from your Lord.’ Surely many of them will be increased in rebellion and unfaith by what has been sent down to you from your Lord. So do not grieve for the faithless lot.

   qul yā-ʾahla l-kitābi lastum ʿalā shayʾin ḥattā tuqīmū t-tawrāta wa-l-ʾinjīla wa-mā ʾunzila ʾilaykum min rabbikum wa-la-yazīdanna kathīran minhum mā ʾunzila ʾilayka min rabbika ṭughyānan wa-kufran fa-lā taʾsa ʿalā l-qawmi l-kāfirīna

5. إن الذين آمنوا والذين هادوا والصابئون والنصارى من آمن بالله واليوم الآخر وعمل صالحا فلا خوف عليهم ولا هم يحزنون

   69

   Indeed the faithful, the Jews, the Sabaeans, and the Christians—those who have faith in Allah and the Last Day and act righteously—they will have no fear, nor will they grieve.

   ʾinna lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-lladhīna hādū wa-ṣ-ṣābiʾūna wa-n-naṣārā man ʾāmana bi-llāhi wa-l-yawmi l-ʾākhiri wa-ʿamila ṣāliḥan fa-lā khawfun ʿalayhim wa-lā hum yaḥzanūna

6. لقد أخذنا ميثاق بني إسرائيل وأرسلنا إليهم رسلا كلما جاءهم رسول بما لا تهوى أنفسهم فريقا كذبوا وفريقا يقتلون

   70

   Certainly We took a pledge from the Children of Israel, and We sent apostles to them. Whenever an apostle brought them that which was not to their liking, they would impugn a part of them, and a part they would slay.

   la-qad ʾakhadhnā mīthāqa banī ʾisrāʾīla wa-ʾarsalnā ʾilayhim rusulan kullamā jāʾahum rasūlun bi-mā lā tahwā ʾanfusuhum farīqan kadhdhabū wa-farīqan yaqtulūna