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

1. وحسبوا ألا تكون فتنة فعموا وصموا ثم تاب الله عليهم ثم عموا وصموا كثير منهم والله بصير بما يعملون

   71

   They supposed there would be no testing, so they became blind and deaf. Thereafter Allah accepted their repentance, yet [again] many of them became blind and deaf, and Allah watches what they do.

   wa-ḥasibū ʾallā takūna fitnatun fa-ʿamū wa-ṣammū thumma tāba llāhu ʿalayhim thumma ʿamū wa-ṣammū kathīrun minhum wa-llāhu baṣīrun bi-mā yaʿmalūna

2. لقد كفر الذين قالوا إن الله هو المسيح ابن مريم وقال المسيح يا بني إسرائيل اعبدوا الله ربي وربكم إنه من يشرك بالله فقد حرم الله عليه الجنة ومأواه النار وما للظالمين من أنصار

   72

   They are certainly faithless who say, ‘Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary.’ But the Messiah had said, ‘O Children of Israel! Worship Allah, my Lord, and your Lord. Indeed whoever ascribes partners to Allah, Allah shall forbid him [entry into] paradise, and his refuge shall be the Fire, and the wrongdoers will not have any helpers.’

   la-qad kafara lladhīna qālū ʾinna llāha huwa l-masīḥu bnu maryama wa-qāla l-masīḥu yā-banī ʾisrāʾīla ʿbudū llāha rabbī wa-rabbakum ʾinnahū man yushrik bi-llāhi fa-qad ḥarrama llāhu ʿalayhi l-jannata wa-maʾwāhu n-nāru wa-mā li-ẓ-ẓālimīna min ʾanṣārin

3. لقد كفر الذين قالوا إن الله ثالث ثلاثة وما من إله إلا إله واحد وإن لم ينتهوا عما يقولون ليمسن الذين كفروا منهم عذاب أليم

   73

   They are certainly faithless who say, ‘Allah is the third [person] of a trinity,’ while there is no god except the One God. If they do not relinquish what they say, there shall befall the faithless among them a painful punishment.

   la-qad kafara lladhīna qālū ʾinna llāha thālithu thalāthatin wa-mā min ʾilāhin ʾillā ʾilāhun wāḥidun wa-ʾin lam yantahū ʿammā yaqūlūna la-yamassanna lladhīna kafarū minhum ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

4. أفلا يتوبون إلى الله ويستغفرونه والله غفور رحيم

   74

   Will they not repent to Allah and plead to Him for forgiveness? Yet Allah is all-forgiving, all-merciful.

   ʾa-fa-lā yatūbūna ʾilā llāhi wa-yastaghfirūnahū wa-llāhu ghafūrun raḥīmun

5. ما المسيح ابن مريم إلا رسول قد خلت من قبله الرسل وأمه صديقة كانا يأكلان الطعام انظر كيف نبين لهم الآيات ثم انظر أنى يؤفكون

   75

   The Messiah, son of Mary, is but an apostle. Certainly, [other] apostles have passed before him, and his mother was a truthful one. Both of them would eat food. Look how We clarify the signs for them, and yet, look, how they go astray!

   mā l-masīḥu bnu maryama ʾillā rasūlun qad khalat min qablihi r-rusulu wa-ʾummuhū ṣiddīqatun kānā yaʾkulāni ṭ-ṭaʿāma nẓur kayfa nubayyinu lahumu l-ʾāyāti thumma nẓur ʾannā yuʾfakūna

6. قل أتعبدون من دون الله ما لا يملك لكم ضرا ولا نفعا والله هو السميع العليم

   76

   Say, ‘Do you worship, besides Allah, what has no power to bring you any benefit or harm, while Allah—He is the All-hearing, the All-knowing?!’

   qul ʾa-taʿbudūna min dūni llāhi mā lā yamliku lakum ḍarran wa-lā nafʿan wa-llāhu huwa s-samīʿu l-ʿalīmu