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

1. قل يا أهل الكتاب لا تغلوا في دينكم غير الحق ولا تتبعوا أهواء قوم قد ضلوا من قبل وأضلوا كثيرا وضلوا عن سواء السبيل

   77

   Say, ‘O People of the Book! Do not unduly exceed the bounds in your religion and do not follow the fancies of a people who went astray in the past, and led many astray, and [themselves] strayed from the right path.’

   qul yā-ʾahla l-kitābi lā taghlū fī dīnikum ghayra l-ḥaqqi wa-lā tattabiʿū ʾahwāʾa qawmin qad ḍallū min qablu wa-ʾaḍallū kathīran wa-ḍallū ʿan sawāʾi s-sabīli

2. لعن الذين كفروا من بني إسرائيل على لسان داوود وعيسى ابن مريم ذلك بما عصوا وكانوا يعتدون

   78

   The faithless among the Children of Israel were cursed on the tongue of David and Jesus son of Mary. That, because they would disobey and they used to commit transgression.

   luʿina lladhīna kafarū min banī ʾisrāʾīla ʿalā lisāni dāwūda wa-ʿīsā bni maryama dhālika bi-mā ʿaṣaw wa-kānū yaʿtadūna

3. كانوا لا يتناهون عن منكر فعلوه لبئس ما كانوا يفعلون

   79

   They would not forbid one another from the wrongs that they committed. Surely, evil is what they had been doing.

   kānū lā yatanāhawna ʿan munkarin faʿalūhu la-biʾsa mā kānū yafʿalūna

4. ترى كثيرا منهم يتولون الذين كفروا لبئس ما قدمت لهم أنفسهم أن سخط الله عليهم وفي العذاب هم خالدون

   80

   You see many of them fraternizing with the faithless. Surely evil is what they have sent ahead for their souls, as Allah is displeased with them and they shall remain in punishment [forever].

   tarā kathīran minhum yatawallawna lladhīna kafarū la-biʾsa mā qaddamat lahum ʾanfusuhum ʾan sakhiṭa llāhu ʿalayhim wa-fī l-ʿadhābi hum khālidūna

5. ولو كانوا يؤمنون بالله والنبي وما أنزل إليه ما اتخذوهم أولياء ولكن كثيرا منهم فاسقون

   81

   Had they believed in Allah and the Prophet and what has been sent down to him, they would not have taken them for allies. But most of them are transgressors.

   wa-law kānū yuʾminūna bi-llāhi wa-n-nabiyyi wa-mā ʾunzila ʾilayhi mā ttakhadhūhum ʾawliyāʾa wa-lākinna kathīran minhum fāsiqūna

6. لتجدن أشد الناس عداوة للذين آمنوا اليهود والذين أشركوا ولتجدن أقربهم مودة للذين آمنوا الذين قالوا إنا نصارى ذلك بأن منهم قسيسين ورهبانا وأنهم لا يستكبرون

   82

   Surely You will find the most hostile of all people towards the faithful to be the Jews and the polytheists, and surely you will find the nearest of them in affection to the faithful to be those who say ‘We are Christians.’ That is because there are priests and monks among them, and because they are not arrogant.

   la-tajidanna ʾashadda n-nāsi ʿadāwatan li-lladhīna ʾāmanū l-yahūda wa-lladhīna ʾashrakū wa-la-tajidanna ʾaqrabahum mawaddatan li-lladhīna ʾāmanū lladhīna qālū ʾinnā naṣārā dhālika bi-ʾanna minhum qissīsīna wa-ruhbānan wa-ʾannahum lā yastakbirūna