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

1. وإذا سمعوا ما أنزل إلى الرسول ترى أعينهم تفيض من الدمع مما عرفوا من الحق يقولون ربنا آمنا فاكتبنا مع الشاهدين

   83

   When they hear what has been revealed to the Apostle, you see their eyes fill with tears because of the truth that they recognize. They say, ‘Our Lord, we believe; so write us down among the witnesses.

   wa-ʾidhā samiʿū mā ʾunzila ʾilā r-rasūli tarā ʾaʿyunahum tafīḍu mina d-damʿi mimmā ʿarafū mina l-ḥaqqi yaqūlūna rabbanā ʾāmannā fa-ktubnā maʿa sh-shāhidīna

2. وما لنا لا نؤمن بالله وما جاءنا من الحق ونطمع أن يدخلنا ربنا مع القوم الصالحين

   84

   Why should we not believe in Allah and the truth that has come to us, eager as we are that our Lord should admit us among the righteous people?’

   wa-mā lanā lā nuʾminu bi-llāhi wa-mā jāʾanā mina l-ḥaqqi wa-naṭmaʿu ʾan yudkhilanā rabbunā maʿa l-qawmi ṣ-ṣāliḥīna

3. فأثابهم الله بما قالوا جنات تجري من تحتها الأنهار خالدين فيها وذلك جزاء المحسنين

   85

   So, for what they said, Allah requited them with gardens with streams running in them, to remain in them [forever], and that is the reward of the virtuous.

   fa-ʾathābahumu llāhu bi-mā qālū jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʾanhāru khālidīna fīhā wa-dhālika jazāʾu l-muḥsinīna

4. والذين كفروا وكذبوا بآياتنا أولئك أصحاب الجحيم

   86

   But those who are faithless and deny Our signs—they shall be the inmates of hell.

   wa-lladhīna kafarū wa-kadhdhabū bi-ʾāyātinā ʾulāʾika ʾaṣḥābu l-jaḥīmi

5. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تحرموا طيبات ما أحل الله لكم ولا تعتدوا إن الله لا يحب المعتدين

   87

   O you who have faith! Do not prohibit the good things that Allah has made lawful to you, and do not transgress. Indeed Allah does not like the transgressors.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā tuḥarrimū ṭ-ṭayyibāti mā ʾaḥalla llāhu lakum wa-lā taʿtadū ʾinna llāha lā yuḥibbu l-muʿtadīna

6. وكلوا مما رزقكم الله حلالا طيبا واتقوا الله الذي أنتم به مؤمنون

   88

   Eat the lawful and good things Allah has provided you, and be wary of Allah in whom you have faith.

   wa-kulū mimmā razaqakumu llāhu ḥalālan ṭayyiban wa-ttaqū llāha lladhī ʾantum bihī muʾminūna

7. لا يؤاخذكم الله باللغو في أيمانكم ولكن يؤاخذكم بما عقدتم الأيمان فكفارته إطعام عشرة مساكين من أوسط ما تطعمون أهليكم أو كسوتهم أو تحرير رقبة فمن لم يجد فصيام ثلاثة أيام ذلك كفارة أيمانكم إذا حلفتم واحفظوا أيمانكم كذلك يبين الله لكم آياته لعلكم تشكرون

   89

   Allah shall not take you to task for what is frivolous in your oaths; but He shall take you to task for what you pledge in earnest. The atonement for it is to feed ten needy persons with the average food you give to your families, or their clothing, or the freeing of a slave. He who cannot afford [any of these] shall fast for three days. That is the atonement for your oaths when you vow. But keep your oaths. Thus does Allah clarify His signs for you so that you may give thanks.

   lā yuʾākhidhukumu llāhu bi-l-laghwi fī ʾaymānikum wa-lākin yuʾākhidhukum bi-mā ʿaqqadtumu l-ʾaymāna fa-kaffāratuhū ʾiṭʿāmu ʿasharati masākīna min ʾawsaṭi mā tuṭʿimūna ʾahlīkum ʾaw kiswatuhum ʾaw taḥrīru raqabatin fa-man lam yajid fa-ṣiyāmu thalāthati ʾayyāmin dhālika kaffāratu ʾaymānikum ʾidhā ḥalaftum wa-ḥfaẓū ʾaymānakum ka-dhālika yubayyinu llāhu lakum ʾāyātihī laʿallakum tashkurūna