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

1. وإذا قيل لهم تعالوا إلى ما أنزل الله وإلى الرسول قالوا حسبنا ما وجدنا عليه آباءنا أولو كان آباؤهم لا يعلمون شيئا ولا يهتدون

   104

   When they are told, ‘Come to what Allah has sent down and [come] to the Apostle,’ they say, ‘Sufficient for us is what we have found our fathers following.’ What, even if their fathers did not know anything and were not guided?!

   wa-ʾidhā qīla lahum taʿālaw ʾilā mā ʾanzala llāhu wa-ʾilā r-rasūli qālū ḥasbunā mā wajadnā ʿalayhi ʾābāʾanā ʾa-wa-law kāna ʾābāʾuhum lā yaʿlamūna shayʾan wa-lā yahtadūna

2. يا أيها الذين آمنوا عليكم أنفسكم لا يضركم من ضل إذا اهتديتم إلى الله مرجعكم جميعا فينبئكم بما كنتم تعملون

   105

   O you who have faith! Take care of your own souls. He who strays cannot hurt you if you are guided. To Allah will be the return of you all, whereat He will inform you concerning what you used to do.

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū ʿalaykum ʾanfusakum lā yaḍurrukum man ḍalla ʾidhā htadaytum ʾilā llāhi marjiʿukum jamīʿan fa-yunabbiʾukum bi-mā kuntum taʿmalūna

3. يا أيها الذين آمنوا شهادة بينكم إذا حضر أحدكم الموت حين الوصية اثنان ذوا عدل منكم أو آخران من غيركم إن أنتم ضربتم في الأرض فأصابتكم مصيبة الموت تحبسونهما من بعد الصلاة فيقسمان بالله إن ارتبتم لا نشتري به ثمنا ولو كان ذا قربى ولا نكتم شهادة الله إنا إذا لمن الآثمين

   106

   O you who have faith! The witness between you, when death approaches any of you, while making a bequest, shall be two fair men from among yourselves—or two from among others, if you are journeying in the land and the affliction of death visits you. You shall detain the two of them after the prayer, and, if you have any doubt, they shall vow by Allah, ‘We will not sell it for any gain, even if it were a relative, nor will we conceal the testimony of Allah, for then we would indeed be among the sinners.’

   yā-ʾayyuhā lladhīna ʾāmanū shahādatu baynikum ʾidhā ḥaḍara ʾaḥadakumu l-mawtu ḥīna l-waṣiyyati thnāni dhawā ʿadlin minkum ʾaw ʾākharāni min ghayrikum ʾin ʾantum ḍarabtum fī l-ʾarḍi fa-ʾaṣābatkum muṣībatu l-mawti taḥbisūnahumā min baʿdi ṣ-ṣalāti fa-yuqsimāni bi-llāhi ʾini rtabtum lā nashtarī bihī thamanan wa-law kāna dhā qurbā wa-lā naktumu sh-shahādata llāhi ʾinnā ʾidhan la-mina l-ʾāthimīna

4. فإن عثر على أنهما استحقا إثما فآخران يقومان مقامهما من الذين استحق عليهم الأوليان فيقسمان بالله لشهادتنا أحق من شهادتهما وما اعتدينا إنا إذا لمن الظالمين

   107

   But if it is found that both of them were guilty of a sin, then two others shall stand up in their place from among those nearest in kinship to the claimants and swear by Allah: ‘Our testimony is surely truer than their testimony, and we have not transgressed, for then we would indeed be among the wrongdoers.’

   fa-ʾin ʿuthira ʿalā ʾannahumā staḥaqqā ʾithman fa-ʾākharāni yaqūmāni maqāmahumā mina lladhīna staḥaqqa ʿalayhimu l-ʾawlayāni fa-yuqsimāni bi-llāhi la-sh-shahādatunā ʾaḥaqqu min shahādatihimā wa-mā ʿtadaynā ʾinnā ʾidhan la-mina ẓ-ẓālimīna

5. ذلك أدنى أن يأتوا بالشهادة على وجهها أو يخافوا أن ترد أيمان بعد أيمانهم واتقوا الله واسمعوا والله لا يهدي القوم الفاسقين

   108

   That makes it likelier that they give the testimony in its genuine form, or fear that other oaths will be taken after their oaths. Be wary of Allah and listen, and Allah does not guide the transgressing lot.

   dhālika ʾadnā ʾan yaʾtū bi-sh-shahādati ʿalā wajhihā ʾaw yakhāfū ʾan turadda ʾaymānun baʿda ʾaymānihim wa-ttaqū llāha wa-smaʿū wa-llāhu lā yahdī l-qawma l-fāsiqīna