Surah Al-Maaida

وَلَوْكَانُوا۟يُؤْمِنُونَبِٱللَّهِوَٱلنَّبِىِّوَمَآأُنزِلَإِلَيْهِمَاٱتَّخَذُوهُمْأَوْلِيَآءَوَلَٰكِنَّكَثِيرًۭامِّنْهُمْفَٰسِقُونَ

For, if they [truly] believed in God and their Prophet and all that was bestowed upon him from on high, they would not take those [deniers of the truth] for their allies: but most of them are iniquitous.

لَتَجِدَنَّأَشَدَّٱلنَّاسِعَدَٰوَةًۭلِّلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱلْيَهُودَوَٱلَّذِينَأَشْرَكُوا۟وَلَتَجِدَنَّأَقْرَبَهُممَّوَدَّةًۭلِّلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟ٱلَّذِينَقَالُوٓا۟إِنَّانَصَٰرَىٰذَٰلِكَبِأَنَّمِنْهُمْقِسِّيسِينَوَرُهْبَانًۭاوَأَنَّهُمْلَايَسْتَكْبِرُونَ

Thou wilt surely find that, of all people, the most hostile to those who believe [in this divine writ] are the Jews as well as those who are bent on ascribing divinity to aught beside God; and thou wilt surely find that, of all people, they who say, "Behold, we are Christians," come closest to feeling affection for those who believe [in this divine writ]: this is so because there are priests and monks among them, and because these are not given to arrogance.

وَإِذَاسَمِعُوا۟مَآأُنزِلَإِلَىٱلرَّسُولِتَرَىٰٓأَعْيُنَهُمْتَفِيضُمِنَٱلدَّمْعِمِمَّاعَرَفُوا۟مِنَٱلْحَقِّيَقُولُونَرَبَّنَآءَامَنَّافَٱكْتُبْنَامَعَٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

For, when they come to understand what has been bestowed from on high upon this Apostle, thou canst see their eyes overflow with tears, because they recognize something of its truth; [and] they say: "O our Sustainer! We do believe; make us one, then, with all who bear witness to the truth.

وَمَالَنَالَانُؤْمِنُبِٱللَّهِوَمَاجَآءَنَامِنَٱلْحَقِّوَنَطْمَعُأَنيُدْخِلَنَارَبُّنَامَعَٱلْقَوْمِٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

And how could we fail to believe in God and in whatever truth has come unto us, when we so fervently desire that our Sustainer count us among the righteous?"

فَأَثَٰبَهُمُٱللَّهُبِمَاقَالُوا۟جَنَّٰتٍۢتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَاوَذَٰلِكَجَزَآءُٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

And for this their belief God will reward them with gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide: for such is the requital of the doers of good;

وَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟وَكَذَّبُوا۟بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَأَصْحَٰبُٱلْجَحِيمِ

whereas they who are bent on denying the truth and giving the lie to Our messages - they are destined for the blazing fire.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتُحَرِّمُوا۟طَيِّبَٰتِمَآأَحَلَّٱللَّهُلَكُمْوَلَاتَعْتَدُوٓا۟إِنَّٱللَّهَلَايُحِبُّٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not deprive yourselves of the good things of life which God has made lawful to you, but do not transgress the bounds of what is right: verily, God does not love those who transgress the bounds of what is right.

وَكُلُوا۟مِمَّارَزَقَكُمُٱللَّهُحَلَٰلًۭاطَيِّبًۭاوَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَٱلَّذِىٓأَنتُمبِهِۦمُؤْمِنُونَ

Thus, partake of the lawful, good things which God grants you as sustenance, and be conscious of God, in whom you believe.

لَايُؤَاخِذُكُمُٱللَّهُبِٱللَّغْوِفِىٓأَيْمَٰنِكُمْوَلَٰكِنيُؤَاخِذُكُمبِمَاعَقَّدتُّمُٱلْأَيْمَٰنَفَكَفَّٰرَتُهُۥٓإِطْعَامُعَشَرَةِمَسَٰكِينَمِنْأَوْسَطِمَاتُطْعِمُونَأَهْلِيكُمْأَوْكِسْوَتُهُمْأَوْتَحْرِيرُرَقَبَةٍۢفَمَنلَّمْيَجِدْفَصِيَامُثَلَٰثَةِأَيَّامٍۢذَٰلِكَكَفَّٰرَةُأَيْمَٰنِكُمْإِذَاحَلَفْتُمْوَٱحْفَظُوٓا۟أَيْمَٰنَكُمْكَذَٰلِكَيُبَيِّنُٱللَّهُلَكُمْءَايَٰتِهِۦلَعَلَّكُمْتَشْكُرُونَ

GOD will not take you to task for oaths which you may have uttered without thought, but He will take you to task for oaths which you have sworn in earnest. Thus, the breaking of an oath must be atoned for by feeding ten needy persons with more or less the same food as you are wont to give to your own families, or by clothing them, or by freeing a human being from bondage; and he who has not the wherewithal shall fast for three days [instead]. This shall be the atonement for your oaths whenever you have sworn [and broken them]. But be mindful of your oaths!' Thus God makes clear unto you His messages, so that you might have cause to be grateful.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟إِنَّمَاٱلْخَمْرُوَٱلْمَيْسِرُوَٱلْأَنصَابُوَٱلْأَزْلَٰمُرِجْسٌۭمِّنْعَمَلِٱلشَّيْطَٰنِفَٱجْتَنِبُوهُلَعَلَّكُمْتُفْلِحُونَ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Intoxicants, and games of chance, and idolatrous practices, and the divining of the future are but a loathsome evil of Satan's doing:' shun it, then, so that you might attain to a happy state!

إِنَّمَايُرِيدُٱلشَّيْطَٰنُأَنيُوقِعَبَيْنَكُمُٱلْعَدَٰوَةَوَٱلْبَغْضَآءَفِىٱلْخَمْرِوَٱلْمَيْسِرِوَيَصُدَّكُمْعَنذِكْرِٱللَّهِوَعَنِٱلصَّلَوٰةِفَهَلْأَنتُممُّنتَهُونَ

By means of intoxicants and games of chance Satan seeks only to sow enmity and hatred among you, and to turn you away from the remembrance of God and from prayer. Will you not, then, desist?'

وَأَطِيعُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَأَطِيعُوا۟ٱلرَّسُولَوَٱحْذَرُوا۟فَإِنتَوَلَّيْتُمْفَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّمَاعَلَىٰرَسُولِنَاٱلْبَلَٰغُٱلْمُبِينُ

Hence, pay heed unto God, and pay heed unto the Apostle, and be ever on your guard [against evil]; and if you turn away, then know that Our Apostle's only duty is a clear delivery of the message [entrusted to him].

لَيْسَعَلَىٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِجُنَاحٌۭفِيمَاطَعِمُوٓا۟إِذَامَاٱتَّقَوا۟وَّءَامَنُوا۟وَعَمِلُوا۟ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِثُمَّٱتَّقَوا۟وَّءَامَنُوا۟ثُمَّٱتَّقَوا۟وَّأَحْسَنُوا۟وَٱللَّهُيُحِبُّٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

Those who have attained to faith and do righteous deeds incur no sin by partaking of whatever they may, so long as they are conscious of God and [truly] believe and do righteous deeds, and continue to be conscious of God and to believe, and grow ever more conscious of God, and persevere in doing good: for God loves the doers of good.

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَيَبْلُوَنَّكُمُٱللَّهُبِشَىْءٍۢمِّنَٱلصَّيْدِتَنَالُهُۥٓأَيْدِيكُمْوَرِمَاحُكُمْلِيَعْلَمَٱللَّهُمَنيَخَافُهُۥبِٱلْغَيْبِفَمَنِٱعْتَدَىٰبَعْدَذَٰلِكَفَلَهُۥعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Most certainly God will try you by means of the game which may come within the reach of your hands and your weapons [while you are on pilgrimage], so that God might mark out those who fear Him although He is beyond the reach of human perception. And as for him who, after all this, transgresses the bounds of what is right-grievous suffering awaits him!

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَقْتُلُوا۟ٱلصَّيْدَوَأَنتُمْحُرُمٌۭوَمَنقَتَلَهُۥمِنكُممُّتَعَمِّدًۭافَجَزَآءٌۭمِّثْلُمَاقَتَلَمِنَٱلنَّعَمِيَحْكُمُبِهِۦذَوَاعَدْلٍۢمِّنكُمْهَدْيًۢابَٰلِغَٱلْكَعْبَةِأَوْكَفَّٰرَةٌۭطَعَامُمَسَٰكِينَأَوْعَدْلُذَٰلِكَصِيَامًۭالِّيَذُوقَوَبَالَأَمْرِهِۦعَفَاٱللَّهُعَمَّاسَلَفَوَمَنْعَادَفَيَنتَقِمُٱللَّهُمِنْهُوَٱللَّهُعَزِيزٌۭذُوٱنتِقَامٍ

O you who have attained to faith! Kill no game while you are in the state of pilgrimage. And whoever of you kills it intentionally, [shall make] amends in cattle equivalent to what he has killed - with two persons of probity giving their judgment thereon- to be brought as an offering to the Ka`bah; or else he may atone for his sin by feeding the needy, or by the equivalent thereof in fasting: [this,] in order that. he taste the full gravity of his deed, [while] God shall have effaced the past. But whoever does it again, God will inflict His retribution on him: for God is almighty, an avenger of evil.

أُحِلَّلَكُمْصَيْدُٱلْبَحْرِوَطَعَامُهُۥمَتَٰعًۭالَّكُمْوَلِلسَّيَّارَةِوَحُرِّمَعَلَيْكُمْصَيْدُٱلْبَرِّمَادُمْتُمْحُرُمًۭاوَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَٱلَّذِىٓإِلَيْهِتُحْشَرُونَ

Lawful to you is all water-game, and what the sea brings forth, as a provision for you [who are settled] as well as for travellers, although you are forbidden to hunt on land while you are in the state of pilgrimage. And be conscious of God, unto whom you shall be gathered.

جَعَلَٱللَّهُٱلْكَعْبَةَٱلْبَيْتَٱلْحَرَامَقِيَٰمًۭالِّلنَّاسِوَٱلشَّهْرَٱلْحَرَامَوَٱلْهَدْىَوَٱلْقَلَٰٓئِدَذَٰلِكَلِتَعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَيَعْلَمُمَافِىٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَمَافِىٱلْأَرْضِوَأَنَّٱللَّهَبِكُلِّشَىْءٍعَلِيمٌ

God has laid down that the Ka'bah, the Inviolable Temple, shall be a symbol for all mankind; and [so, too] the sacred month [of pilgrimage] and the garlanded offerings [are symbols] meant to make you aware that God is aware of all that is in the heavens and all that is on earth, and that God has full knowledge of everything.

ٱعْلَمُوٓا۟أَنَّٱللَّهَشَدِيدُٱلْعِقَابِوَأَنَّٱللَّهَغَفُورٌۭرَّحِيمٌۭ

Know that God is severe in retribution -and that God is much-forgiving, a dispenser of grace.

مَّاعَلَىٱلرَّسُولِإِلَّاٱلْبَلَٰغُوَٱللَّهُيَعْلَمُمَاتُبْدُونَوَمَاتَكْتُمُونَ

No more is the Apostle bound to do than deliver the message [entrusted to him]: and God knows all that you do openly, and all that you would conceal.

قُللَّايَسْتَوِىٱلْخَبِيثُوَٱلطَّيِّبُوَلَوْأَعْجَبَكَكَثْرَةُٱلْخَبِيثِفَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَيَٰٓأُو۟لِىٱلْأَلْبَٰبِلَعَلَّكُمْتُفْلِحُونَ

Say: "There is no comparison between the bad things and the good things, even though very many of the bad things may please thee greatly. Be, then, conscious of God, O you who are endowed with insight, so that you might attain to a happy state!"