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

1. يا أيها الذين آمنوا إنما الخمر والميسر والأنصاب والأزلام رجس من عمل الشيطان فاجتنبوه لعلكم تفلحون

   90

   O you who have faith! Indeed wine, gambling, idols, and the divining arrows are abominations of Satan’s doing, so avoid them, so that you may be felicitous.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʾinnamā l-khamru wa-l-maysiru wa-l-ʾanṣābu wa-l-ʾazlāmu rijsun min ʿamali sh-shayṭāni fa-jtanibūhu laʿallakum tufliḥūna

2. إنما يريد الشيطان أن يوقع بينكم العداوة والبغضاء في الخمر والميسر ويصدكم عن ذكر الله وعن الصلاة فهل أنتم منتهون

   91

   Indeed Satan seeks to cast enmity and hatred among you through wine and gambling, and to hinder you from the remembrance of Allah and from prayer. Will you, then, relinquish?

   ʾinnamā yurīdu sh-shayṭānu ʾan yūqiʿa baynakumu l-ʿadāwata wa-l-baghḍāʾa fī l-khamri wa-l-maysiri wa-yaṣuddakum ʿan dhikri llāhi wa-ʿani ṣ-ṣalāti fa-hal ʾantum muntahūna

3. وأطيعوا الله وأطيعوا الرسول واحذروا فإن توليتم فاعلموا أنما على رسولنا البلاغ المبين

   92

   And obey Allah and obey the Apostle, and beware; but if you turn your backs, then know that Our Apostle’s duty is only to communicate in clear terms.

   wa-ʾaṭīʿū llāha wa-ʾaṭīʿū r-rasūla wa-ḥdharū fa-ʾin tawallaytum fa-ʿlamū ʾannamā ʿalā rasūlinā l-balāghu l-mubīnu

4. ليس على الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات جناح فيما طعموا إذا ما اتقوا وآمنوا وعملوا الصالحات ثم اتقوا وآمنوا ثم اتقوا وأحسنوا والله يحب المحسنين

   93

   There will be no sin upon those who have faith and do righteous deeds in regard to what they have eaten [in the past] so long as they are Godwary and faithful and do righteous deeds, and are further Godwary and faithful, and are further Godwary and virtuous. And Allah loves the virtuous.

   laysa ʿalā lladhīna ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti junāḥun fī-mā ṭaʿimū ʾidhā mā ttaqaw wa-ʾāmanū wa-ʿamilū ṣ-ṣāliḥāti thumma ttaqaw wa-ʾāmanū thumma ttaqaw wa-ʾaḥsanū wa-llāhu yuḥibbu l-muḥsinīna

5. يا أيها الذين آمنوا ليبلونكم الله بشيء من الصيد تناله أيديكم ورماحكم ليعلم الله من يخافه بالغيب فمن اعتدى بعد ذلك فله عذاب أليم

   94

   O you who have faith! Allah will surely test you with some of the game within the reach of your hands and spears, so that Allah may know those who fear Him in secret. So whoever transgresses after that, there is a painful punishment for him.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū la-yabluwannakumu llāhu bi-shayʾin mina ṣ-ṣaydi tanāluhū ʾaydīkum wa-rimāḥukum li-yaʿlama llāhu man yakhāfuhū bi-l-ghaybi fa-mani ʿtadā baʿda dhālika fa-lahū ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

6. يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تقتلوا الصيد وأنتم حرم ومن قتله منكم متعمدا فجزاء مثل ما قتل من النعم يحكم به ذوا عدل منكم هديا بالغ الكعبة أو كفارة طعام مساكين أو عدل ذلك صياما ليذوق وبال أمره عفا الله عما سلف ومن عاد فينتقم الله منه والله عزيز ذو انتقام

   95

   O you who have faith! Do not kill any game when you are in pilgrim sanctity. Should any of you kill it intentionally, its atonement, the counterpart from cattle of what he has killed, as judged by two fair men among you, will be an offering brought to the Ka‘bah, or an atonement by feeding needy persons, or its equivalent in fasting, that he may taste the untoward consequences of his conduct. Allah has excused what is already past; but should anyone resume, Allah shall take vengeance on him, for Allah is all-mighty, avenger.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū lā taqtulū ṣ-ṣayda wa-ʾantum ḥurumun wa-man qatalahū minkum mutaʿammidan fa-jazāʾun mithlu mā qatala mina n-naʿami yaḥkumu bihī dhawā ʿadlin minkum hadyan bāligha l-kaʿbati ʾaw kaffāratun ṭaʿāmu masākīna ʾaw ʿadlu dhālika ṣiyāman li-yadhūqa wabāla ʾamrihī ʿafā llāhu ʿammā salafa wa-man ʿāda fa-yantaqimu llāhu minhu wa-llāhu ʿazīzun dhū ntiqāmin