Surah Al-Maaida

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟لَاتَسْـَٔلُوا۟عَنْأَشْيَآءَإِنتُبْدَلَكُمْتَسُؤْكُمْوَإِنتَسْـَٔلُوا۟عَنْهَاحِينَيُنَزَّلُٱلْقُرْءَانُتُبْدَلَكُمْعَفَاٱللَّهُعَنْهَاوَٱللَّهُغَفُورٌحَلِيمٌۭ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Do not ask about matters which, if they were to be made manifest to you [in terms of law], might cause you hardship; for, if you should ask about them while the Qur'an is being revealed, they might [indeed] be made manifest to you [as laws]. God has absolved [you from any obligation] in this respect: for God is much-forgiving, forbearing.

قَدْسَأَلَهَاقَوْمٌۭمِّنقَبْلِكُمْثُمَّأَصْبَحُوا۟بِهَاكَٰفِرِينَ

People before your time have indeed asked such questions-and in result thereof have come to deny the truth.

مَاجَعَلَٱللَّهُمِنۢبَحِيرَةٍۢوَلَاسَآئِبَةٍۢوَلَاوَصِيلَةٍۢوَلَاحَامٍۢوَلَٰكِنَّٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟يَفْتَرُونَعَلَىٱللَّهِٱلْكَذِبَوَأَكْثَرُهُمْلَايَعْقِلُونَ

IT IS NOT of God's ordaining that certain kinds of cattle should be marked out by superstition and set aside from the use of man; yet those who are bent on denying the truth attribute their own lying inventions to God. And most of them never use their reason:

وَإِذَاقِيلَلَهُمْتَعَالَوْا۟إِلَىٰمَآأَنزَلَٱللَّهُوَإِلَىٱلرَّسُولِقَالُوا۟حَسْبُنَامَاوَجَدْنَاعَلَيْهِءَابَآءَنَآأَوَلَوْكَانَءَابَآؤُهُمْلَايَعْلَمُونَشَيْـًۭٔاوَلَايَهْتَدُونَ

for when they are told, "Come unto that which God has bestowed from on high, and unto the Apostle" - they answer, "Enough for us is that which we found our forefathers believing in and doing." Why, even though their forefathers knew nothing, and were devoid of all guidance?

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟عَلَيْكُمْأَنفُسَكُمْلَايَضُرُّكُممَّنضَلَّإِذَاٱهْتَدَيْتُمْإِلَىٱللَّهِمَرْجِعُكُمْجَمِيعًۭافَيُنَبِّئُكُمبِمَاكُنتُمْتَعْمَلُونَ

O you who have attained to faith! It is [but] for your own selves that you are responsible: those who go astray can do you no harm if you [yourselves] are on the right path. Unto God you all must return: and then He will make you [truly] understand all that you were doing [in life].

يَٰٓأَيُّهَاٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوا۟شَهَٰدَةُبَيْنِكُمْإِذَاحَضَرَأَحَدَكُمُٱلْمَوْتُحِينَٱلْوَصِيَّةِٱثْنَانِذَوَاعَدْلٍۢمِّنكُمْأَوْءَاخَرَانِمِنْغَيْرِكُمْإِنْأَنتُمْضَرَبْتُمْفِىٱلْأَرْضِفَأَصَٰبَتْكُممُّصِيبَةُٱلْمَوْتِتَحْبِسُونَهُمَامِنۢبَعْدِٱلصَّلَوٰةِفَيُقْسِمَانِبِٱللَّهِإِنِٱرْتَبْتُمْلَانَشْتَرِىبِهِۦثَمَنًۭاوَلَوْكَانَذَاقُرْبَىٰوَلَانَكْتُمُشَهَٰدَةَٱللَّهِإِنَّآإِذًۭالَّمِنَٱلْءَاثِمِينَ

O YOU who have attained to faith! Let there be witnesses to what you do when death approaches you and you are about to make bequests: two persons of probity from among your own people, or -if the pangs of death come upon you while you are travelling far from home -two other persons from [among people] other than your own. Take hold of the two after having prayed; and if you have any doubt in your mind, let each of them swear by God, "We shall not sell this [our word] for any price, even though it were [for the sake of] a near kinsman; and neither shall we conceal aught of what we have witnessed before God -or else, may we indeed be counted among the sinful."

فَإِنْعُثِرَعَلَىٰٓأَنَّهُمَاٱسْتَحَقَّآإِثْمًۭافَـَٔاخَرَانِيَقُومَانِمَقَامَهُمَامِنَٱلَّذِينَٱسْتَحَقَّعَلَيْهِمُٱلْأَوْلَيَٰنِفَيُقْسِمَانِبِٱللَّهِلَشَهَٰدَتُنَآأَحَقُّمِنشَهَٰدَتِهِمَاوَمَاٱعْتَدَيْنَآإِنَّآإِذًۭالَّمِنَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

But if afterwards it should come to light that the two [witnesses] have become guilty of [this very] sin, then two others - from among those whom the two former have deprived of their right - shall take their place and shall swear by God, "Our testimony is indeed truer than the testimony of these two, and we have not transgressed the bounds of what is right - or else, may we indeed be counted among the evildoers!"

ذَٰلِكَأَدْنَىٰٓأَنيَأْتُوا۟بِٱلشَّهَٰدَةِعَلَىٰوَجْهِهَآأَوْيَخَافُوٓا۟أَنتُرَدَّأَيْمَٰنٌۢبَعْدَأَيْمَٰنِهِمْوَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱسْمَعُوا۟وَٱللَّهُلَايَهْدِىٱلْقَوْمَٱلْفَٰسِقِينَ

Thus it will be more likely that people will offer testimony in accordance with the truth-or else they will [have cause to] fear that their oaths will be refuted by the oaths of others. Be, then, conscious of God, and hearken [unto Him]: for God does not bestow His guidance upon iniquitous folk.

يَوْمَيَجْمَعُٱللَّهُٱلرُّسُلَفَيَقُولُمَاذَآأُجِبْتُمْقَالُوا۟لَاعِلْمَلَنَآإِنَّكَأَنتَعَلَّٰمُٱلْغُيُوبِ

ON THE DAY when God shall assemble all the apostles and shall ask, "What response did you receive?" -they will answer, "We have no knowledge; verily, it is Thou alone who fully knowest all the things that are beyond the reach of a created being's perception."

إِذْقَالَٱللَّهُيَٰعِيسَىٱبْنَمَرْيَمَٱذْكُرْنِعْمَتِىعَلَيْكَوَعَلَىٰوَٰلِدَتِكَإِذْأَيَّدتُّكَبِرُوحِٱلْقُدُسِتُكَلِّمُٱلنَّاسَفِىٱلْمَهْدِوَكَهْلًۭاوَإِذْعَلَّمْتُكَٱلْكِتَٰبَوَٱلْحِكْمَةَوَٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَوَٱلْإِنجِيلَوَإِذْتَخْلُقُمِنَٱلطِّينِكَهَيْـَٔةِٱلطَّيْرِبِإِذْنِىفَتَنفُخُفِيهَافَتَكُونُطَيْرًۢابِإِذْنِىوَتُبْرِئُٱلْأَكْمَهَوَٱلْأَبْرَصَبِإِذْنِىوَإِذْتُخْرِجُٱلْمَوْتَىٰبِإِذْنِىوَإِذْكَفَفْتُبَنِىٓإِسْرَٰٓءِيلَعَنكَإِذْجِئْتَهُمبِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِفَقَالَٱلَّذِينَكَفَرُوا۟مِنْهُمْإِنْهَٰذَآإِلَّاسِحْرٌۭمُّبِينٌۭ

Lo! God will say: "O Jesus, son of Mary! Remember the blessings which I bestowed upon thee and thy mother-how I strengthened thee with holy inspiration, so that thou couldst speak unto men in thy cradle, and as a grown man; and how I imparted unto thee revelation and wisdom, including the Torah and the Gospel; and how by My leave thou didst create out of clay, as it were, the shape of [thy followers'] destiny, and then didst breathe into it, so that it might become, by My leave, [their] destiny; and how thou didst heal the blind and the leper by My leave, and how thou didst raise the dead by My leave; and how I prevented the children of Israel from harming thee when thou camest unto them with all evidence of the truth, and [when] those of them who were bent on denying the truth were saying, `This is clearly nothing but deception!"'

وَإِذْأَوْحَيْتُإِلَىٱلْحَوَارِيِّۦنَأَنْءَامِنُوا۟بِىوَبِرَسُولِىقَالُوٓا۟ءَامَنَّاوَٱشْهَدْبِأَنَّنَامُسْلِمُونَ

AND [remember the time] when I inspired the white-garbed ones: Believe in Me and in My Apostle!" They answered: "We believe; and bear Thou witness that we have surrendered ourselves [unto Thee]."

إِذْقَالَٱلْحَوَارِيُّونَيَٰعِيسَىٱبْنَمَرْيَمَهَلْيَسْتَطِيعُرَبُّكَأَنيُنَزِّلَعَلَيْنَامَآئِدَةًۭمِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِقَالَٱتَّقُوا۟ٱللَّهَإِنكُنتُممُّؤْمِنِينَ

[And,] lo, the white-garbed ones said: "O Jesus, son of Mary! Could thy Sustainer send down unto us a repast from heaven?" [Jesus] answered: "Be conscious of God, if you are [truly] believers!"

قَالُوا۟نُرِيدُأَننَّأْكُلَمِنْهَاوَتَطْمَئِنَّقُلُوبُنَاوَنَعْلَمَأَنقَدْصَدَقْتَنَاوَنَكُونَعَلَيْهَامِنَٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

Said they: "We desire to partake thereof, so that our hearts might be set fully at rest, and that we might know that thou hast spoken the truth to us, and that we might be of those who bear witness thereto!"

قَالَعِيسَىٱبْنُمَرْيَمَٱللَّهُمَّرَبَّنَآأَنزِلْعَلَيْنَامَآئِدَةًۭمِّنَٱلسَّمَآءِتَكُونُلَنَاعِيدًۭالِّأَوَّلِنَاوَءَاخِرِنَاوَءَايَةًۭمِّنكَوَٱرْزُقْنَاوَأَنتَخَيْرُٱلرَّٰزِقِينَ

Said Jesus, the son of Mary: "O God, our Sustainer! Send down upon us a repast from heaven: it shall be an ever-recurring feast for us - for the first and the last of us -and a sign from Thee. And provide us our sustenance, for Thou art the best of providers!"

قَالَٱللَّهُإِنِّىمُنَزِّلُهَاعَلَيْكُمْفَمَنيَكْفُرْبَعْدُمِنكُمْفَإِنِّىٓأُعَذِّبُهُۥعَذَابًۭالَّآأُعَذِّبُهُۥٓأَحَدًۭامِّنَٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

God answered: "Verily, I [always] do send it down unto you: and so, if any of you should henceforth deny [this] truth, on him, behold, will I inflict suffering the like of which I have never [yet] inflicted upon anyone in the world!"

وَإِذْقَالَٱللَّهُيَٰعِيسَىٱبْنَمَرْيَمَءَأَنتَقُلْتَلِلنَّاسِٱتَّخِذُونِىوَأُمِّىَإِلَٰهَيْنِمِندُونِٱللَّهِقَالَسُبْحَٰنَكَمَايَكُونُلِىٓأَنْأَقُولَمَالَيْسَلِىبِحَقٍّإِنكُنتُقُلْتُهُۥفَقَدْعَلِمْتَهُۥتَعْلَمُمَافِىنَفْسِىوَلَآأَعْلَمُمَافِىنَفْسِكَإِنَّكَأَنتَعَلَّٰمُٱلْغُيُوبِ

AND LO! God said: O Jesus, son of Mary! Didst thou say unto men, `Worship me and my mother as deities beside God'?" [Jesus] answered: "Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! It would not have been possible for me to say what I had no right to [say]! Had I said this, Thou wouldst indeed have known it! Thou knowest all that is within myself, whereas I know not what is in Thy Self. Verily, it is Thou alone who fully knowest all the things that are beyond the reach of a created being's perception.

مَاقُلْتُلَهُمْإِلَّامَآأَمَرْتَنِىبِهِۦٓأَنِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَرَبِّىوَرَبَّكُمْوَكُنتُعَلَيْهِمْشَهِيدًۭامَّادُمْتُفِيهِمْفَلَمَّاتَوَفَّيْتَنِىكُنتَأَنتَٱلرَّقِيبَعَلَيْهِمْوَأَنتَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢشَهِيدٌ

Nothing did I tell them beyond what Thou didst bid me [to say]: `Worship God, [who is] my Sustainer as well as your Sustainer.' And I bore witness to what they did as long as I dwelt in their midst; but since Thou hast caused me to die, Thou alone hast been their keeper: for Thou art witness unto everything.

إِنتُعَذِّبْهُمْفَإِنَّهُمْعِبَادُكَوَإِنتَغْفِرْلَهُمْفَإِنَّكَأَنتَٱلْعَزِيزُٱلْحَكِيمُ

If thou cause them to suffer - verily, they are Thy servants; and if Thou forgive them - verily, Thou alone art almighty, truly wise!"

قَالَٱللَّهُهَٰذَايَوْمُيَنفَعُٱلصَّٰدِقِينَصِدْقُهُمْلَهُمْجَنَّٰتٌۭتَجْرِىمِنتَحْتِهَاٱلْأَنْهَٰرُخَٰلِدِينَفِيهَآأَبَدًۭارَّضِىَٱللَّهُعَنْهُمْوَرَضُوا۟عَنْهُذَٰلِكَٱلْفَوْزُٱلْعَظِيمُ

[AND on Judgment Day] God will say: "Today, their truthfulness shall benefit all who have been true to their word: theirs shall be gardens through which running waters flow, therein to abide beyond the count of time; well-pleased is God with them, and well-pleased are they with Him: this is the triumph supreme."

لِلَّهِمُلْكُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَمَافِيهِنَّوَهُوَعَلَىٰكُلِّشَىْءٍۢقَدِيرٌۢ

God's is the dominion over the heavens and the earth and all that they contain; and He has the power to will anything.