Surah Al-Maaida

يَٰقَوْمِٱدْخُلُوا۟ٱلْأَرْضَٱلْمُقَدَّسَةَٱلَّتِىكَتَبَٱللَّهُلَكُمْوَلَاتَرْتَدُّوا۟عَلَىٰٓأَدْبَارِكُمْفَتَنقَلِبُوا۟خَٰسِرِينَ

O my people! Enter the holy land which God has promised you; but do not turn back [on your faith], for then you will be lost!"

قَالُوا۟يَٰمُوسَىٰٓإِنَّفِيهَاقَوْمًۭاجَبَّارِينَوَإِنَّالَننَّدْخُلَهَاحَتَّىٰيَخْرُجُوا۟مِنْهَافَإِنيَخْرُجُوا۟مِنْهَافَإِنَّادَٰخِلُونَ

They answered: "O Moses! Behold, ferocious people -dwell in that land, and we will surely not enter it unless they depart therefrom; but if they depart therefrom, then, behold, we will enter it."

قَالَرَجُلَانِمِنَٱلَّذِينَيَخَافُونَأَنْعَمَٱللَّهُعَلَيْهِمَاٱدْخُلُوا۟عَلَيْهِمُٱلْبَابَفَإِذَادَخَلْتُمُوهُفَإِنَّكُمْغَٰلِبُونَوَعَلَىٱللَّهِفَتَوَكَّلُوٓا۟إِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ

[Whereupon] two men from among those who feared [God, and] whom God had blessed, said: "Enter upon them through the gate' -for as soon as you enter it, behold, you shall be victorious! And in God you must place your trust if you are [truly] believers!"

قَالُوا۟يَٰمُوسَىٰٓإِنَّالَننَّدْخُلَهَآأَبَدًۭامَّادَامُوا۟فِيهَافَٱذْهَبْأَنتَوَرَبُّكَفَقَٰتِلَآإِنَّاهَٰهُنَاقَٰعِدُونَ

[But] they said: "O Moses! Behold, never shall we enter that [land] so long as those others are in it. Go forth, then, thou and thy Sustainer, and fight, both of you! We, behold, shall remain here!"

قَالَرَبِّإِنِّىلَآأَمْلِكُإِلَّانَفْسِىوَأَخِىفَٱفْرُقْبَيْنَنَاوَبَيْنَٱلْقَوْمِٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

Prayed [Moses]: "O my Sustainer! Of none am I master but of myself and my brother [Aaron]: draw Thou, then, a dividing-line between us and these iniquitous folk!"

قَالَفَإِنَّهَامُحَرَّمَةٌعَلَيْهِمْأَرْبَعِينَسَنَةًۭيَتِيهُونَفِىٱلْأَرْضِفَلَاتَأْسَعَلَىٱلْقَوْمِٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

Answered He: "Then, verily, this [land] shall be forbidden to them for forty years, while they wander on earth, bewildered, to and fro; and sorrow thou not over these iniquitous folk."

وَٱتْلُعَلَيْهِمْنَبَأَٱبْنَىْءَادَمَبِٱلْحَقِّإِذْقَرَّبَاقُرْبَانًۭافَتُقُبِّلَمِنْأَحَدِهِمَاوَلَمْيُتَقَبَّلْمِنَٱلْءَاخَرِقَالَلَأَقْتُلَنَّكَقَالَإِنَّمَايَتَقَبَّلُٱللَّهُمِنَٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

AND CONVEY unto them, setting forth the truth, the story of the two sons of Adam -how each offered a sacrifice, and it was accepted from one of them whereas it was not accepted from the other. [And Cain] said: "I will surely slay thee!" [Abel] replied: "Behold, God accepts only from those who are conscious of Him.

لَئِنۢبَسَطتَإِلَىَّيَدَكَلِتَقْتُلَنِىمَآأَنَا۠بِبَاسِطٍۢيَدِىَإِلَيْكَلِأَقْتُلَكَإِنِّىٓأَخَافُٱللَّهَرَبَّٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

Even if thou lay thy hand on me to slay me, I shall not lay my hand on thee to slay thee: behold, I fear God, the Sustainer of all the worlds.

إِنِّىٓأُرِيدُأَنتَبُوٓأَبِإِثْمِىوَإِثْمِكَفَتَكُونَمِنْأَصْحَٰبِٱلنَّارِوَذَٰلِكَجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

I am willing, indeed, for thee to bear [the burden of] all the sins ever done by me as well as of the sin done by thee: [but] then thou wouldst be destined for the fire, since that is the requital of evildoers!"

فَطَوَّعَتْلَهُۥنَفْسُهُۥقَتْلَأَخِيهِفَقَتَلَهُۥفَأَصْبَحَمِنَٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

But the other's passion drove him to slaying his brother; and he slew him: and thus he became one of the lost.

فَبَعَثَٱللَّهُغُرَابًۭايَبْحَثُفِىٱلْأَرْضِلِيُرِيَهُۥكَيْفَيُوَٰرِىسَوْءَةَأَخِيهِقَالَيَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓأَعَجَزْتُأَنْأَكُونَمِثْلَهَٰذَاٱلْغُرَابِفَأُوَٰرِىَسَوْءَةَأَخِىفَأَصْبَحَمِنَٱلنَّٰدِمِينَ

Thereupon God sent forth a raven which scratched the earth, to show him how he might conceal the nakedness of his brother's body. [And Cain] cried out: "Oh, woe is me! Am I then too weak to do what this raven did, and to conceal the nakedness of my brother's body?" - and was thereupon smitten with remorse.

مِنْأَجْلِذَٰلِكَكَتَبْنَاعَلَىٰبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَأَنَّهُۥمَنقَتَلَنَفْسًۢابِغَيْرِنَفْسٍأَوْفَسَادٍۢفِىٱلْأَرْضِفَكَأَنَّمَاقَتَلَٱلنَّاسَجَمِيعًۭاوَمَنْأَحْيَاهَافَكَأَنَّمَآأَحْيَاٱلنَّاسَجَمِيعًۭاوَلَقَدْجَآءَتْهُمْرُسُلُنَابِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِثُمَّإِنَّكَثِيرًۭامِّنْهُمبَعْدَذَٰلِكَفِىٱلْأَرْضِلَمُسْرِفُونَ

Because of this did We ordain unto the children of Israel that if anyone slays a human being-unless it be [in punishment] for murder or for spreading corruption on earth-it shall be as though he had slain all mankind; whereas, if anyone saves a life, it shall be as though he had saved the lives of all mankind. And, indeed, there came unto them Our apostles with all evidence of the truth: yet, behold, notwithstanding all this, many of them go on committing all manner of excesses on earth.

إِنَّمَاجَزَٰٓؤُا۟ٱلَّذِينَيُحَارِبُونَٱللَّهَوَرَسُولَهُۥوَيَسْعَوْنَفِىٱلْأَرْضِفَسَادًاأَنيُقَتَّلُوٓا۟أَوْيُصَلَّبُوٓا۟أَوْتُقَطَّعَأَيْدِيهِمْوَأَرْجُلُهُممِّنْخِلَٰفٍأَوْيُنفَوْا۟مِنَٱلْأَرْضِذَٰلِكَلَهُمْخِزْىٌۭفِىٱلدُّنْيَاوَلَهُمْفِىٱلْءَاخِرَةِعَذَابٌعَظِيمٌ

It is but a just recompense for those who make war on God and His apostle, and endeavour to spread corruption on earth, that they are being slain in great' numbers, or crucified in great numbers, or have, in l' result of their perverseness, their hands and feet cut off in great numbers, or are being [entirely] banished from [the face of] the earth: such is their ignominy in this world. But in the life to come [yet more] awesome suffering awaits them-

إِلَّاٱلَّذِينَتَابُوا۟مِنقَبْلِأَنتَقْدِرُوا۟عَلَيْهِمْفَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

save for such [of them] as repent ere you [O believers] become more powerful than they: for you must know that God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱبْتَغُوٓا۟إِلَيْهِٱلْوَسِيلَةَوَجَٰهِدُوا۟فِىسَبِيلِهِۦلَعَلَّكُمْتُفْلِحُونَ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Remain conscious of God, and seek to come closer unto Him, and strive hard in His cause, so that you might attain to a happy state.

إِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟لَوْأَنَّلَهُممَّافِىٱلْأَرْضِجَمِيعًۭاوَمِثْلَهُۥمَعَهُۥلِيَفْتَدُوا۟بِهِۦمِنْعَذَابِيَوْمِٱلْقِيَٰمَةِمَاتُقُبِّلَمِنْهُمْوَلَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

Verily, if those who are bent on denying the truth had all that is on earth, and twice as much, to offer as ransom from suffering on the Day of Resurrection, it would not be accepted from them: for grievous suffering awaits them.

يُرِيدُونَأَنيَخْرُجُوا۟مِنَٱلنَّارِوَمَاهُمبِخَٰرِجِينَمِنْهَاوَلَهُمْعَذَابٌۭمُّقِيمٌۭ

They will wish to come out of the fire, but they shall not come out of it; and long-lasting suffering awaits them.

وَٱلسَّارِقُوَٱلسَّارِقَةُفَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟أَيْدِيَهُمَاجَزَآءًۢبِمَاكَسَبَانَكَٰلًۭامِّنَٱللَّهِوَٱللَّهُعَزِيزٌحَكِيمٌۭ

NOW AS FOR the man who steals and the woman who steals, cut off the hand of either of them in requital for what they have wrought, as a deterrent ordained by God: for God is almighty, wise.

فَمَنتَابَمِنۢبَعْدِظُلْمِهِۦوَأَصْلَحَفَإِنَّٱللَّهَيَتُوبُعَلَيْهِإِنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌ

But as for him who repents after having thus done wrong, and makes amends, behold, God will accept his repentance: verily, God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

أَلَمْتَعْلَمْأَنَّٱللَّهَلَهُۥمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِيُعَذِّبُمَنيَشَآءُوَيَغْفِرُلِمَنيَشَآءُوَٱللَّهُعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢقَدِيرٌۭ

Dost thou not know that God's is the dominion over the heavens and the earth? He chastises whom He wills, and He forgives whom He wills: for God has the power to will anything.