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Sura V. Maida, Or The Table Spread. Section 3

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"The Holy Quran", tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934],

Sra V.: Mda, Or The Table Spread.

Section 3

12.
Walaqad akhatha Allahu meethaqa banee isra-eela wabaAAathna minhumu ithnay AAashara naqeeban waqala Allahu innee maAAakum la-in aqamtumu aLssalata waataytumu aLzzakata waamantum birusulee waAAazzartumoohum waaqradtumu Allaha qardan hasanan laokaffiranna AAankum sayyi-atikum walaodkhilannakum jannatin tajree min tahtiha al-anharu faman kafara baAAda thalika minkum faqad dalla sawaa aLssabeelI

12. 13
God did aforetime

Take a Covenant from

The Children of Israel,

And We appointed twelve

Captains among them.

And God said: "I am

With you: if ye (but)

Establish regular Prayers,

Practise regular Charity,

Believe in My apostles,

Honour and assist them,

And loan to God

A beautiful loan,

Verily I will wipe out

From you your evils,

And admit you to Gardens

With rivers flowing beneath;

But if any of you, after this,

Resisteth faith, he hath truly

Wandered from the path

Of rectitude."

13. Fabima naqdihim meethaqahum laAAannahum wajaAAalna quloobahum qasiyatan yuharrifoona alkalima AAan mawadiAAihi wanasoo ha"thth"an mimma thukkiroo bihi wala tazalu tattaliAAu AAala kha-inatin minhum illa qaleelan minhum faOAAfu AAanhum waIsfah inna Allaha yuhibbu almuhsineenA

13. 14
But because of their breach

Of their Covenant, We

Cursed them, and made

Their hearts grow hard:


They change the words

From their (right) places

And forget a good part

Of the Message that was

Sent them, nor wilt thou

Cease to find them

Barring a few--ever

Bent on (new) deceits:


But forgive them, and overlook

(Their misdeeds): for God

Loveth those who are kind.

14.
Wamina allatheena qaloo inna nasara akhathna meethaqahum fanasoo ha"thth"an mimma thukkiroo bihi faaghrayna baynahumu alAAadawata waAlbaghdaa ila yawmi alqiyamati wasawfa yunabbi-ohumu Allahu bima kanoo yasnaAAoonA

14. 15
From those, too, who call

Themselves Christians,

We did take a Covenant,

But they forgot a good part

Of the Message that was

Sent them: so We estranged

Them, with enmity and hatred

Between the one and the other,

To the Day of Judgment.

And soon will God show

Them what it is

They have done.

15.
Ya ahla alkitabi qad jaakum rasooluna yubayyinu lakum katheeran mimma kuntum tukhfoona mina alkitabi wayaAAfoo AAan katheerin qad jaakum mina Allahi noorun wakitabun mubeenUn

15. 16 O
People of the Book!

There hath come to you

Our Apostle, revealing

To you much that ye

Used to hide in the Book,

And passing over much

(That is now unnecessary):


17 There hath come to you

From God a (new) light

And a perspicuous Book,--

16.
Yahdee bihi Allahu mani ittabaAAa ridwanahu subula aLssalami wayukhrijuhum mina aL"thth"ulumati ila aLnnoori bi-ithnihi wayahdeehim ila siratin mustaqeemIn

16. 18
Wherewith God guideth all

Who seek His good pleasure

To ways of peace and safety,

And leadeth them out

Of darkness, by His Will,

Unto the light,--guideth them

To a Path that is Straight.

17.
Laqad kafara allatheena qaloo inna Allaha huwa almaseehu ibnu maryama qul faman yamliku mina Allahi shay-an in arada an yuhlika almaseeha ibna maryama waommahu waman fee al-ardi jameeAAan walillahi mulku aLssamawati waAl-ardi wama baynahuma yakhluqu ma yashao waAllahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeerUn

17. 19
In blasphemy indeed

Are those that say

That God is Christ

The son of Mary.

Say: "Who then

Hath the least power

Against God, if His Will

Were to destroy Christ

The son of Mary, his mother,

And all--every one

That is on the earth?

For to God belongeth

The dominion of the heavens

And the earth, and all

That is between. He createth

What He pleaseth. For God

Hath power over all things."

18. Waqalati alyahoodu waALnnasara nahnu abnao Allahi waahibbaohu qul falima yuAAaththibukum bithunoobikum bal antum basharun mimman khalaqa yaghfiru liman yashao wayuAAaththibu man yashao walillahi mulku aLssamawati waAl-ardi wama baynahuma wa-ilayhi almaseerU

18. 20
(Both) the Jews and the Christians

Say: "We are sons

Of God, and His beloved."

Say: "Why then doth He

Punish you for your sins?

Nay, ye are but men,

Of the men He hath created:


He forgiveth whom He pleaseth,

And He punisheth whom He pleaseth:

And to God belongeth

The dominion of the heavens

And the earth, and all

That is between:


And unto Him

Is the final goal (of all)"

19. Ya ahla alkitabi qad jaakum rasooluna yubayyinu lakum AAala fatratin mina aLrrusuli an taqooloo ma jaana min basheerin wala natheerin faqad jaakum basheerun wanatheerun waAllahu AAala kulli shay-in qadeerUn

19. 21 O
People of the Book!

Now hath come unto you,

Making (things) clear unto you,

Our Apostle, after the break

In (the series of) our apostles,

Lest ye should say:


"There came unto us

No bringer of glad tidings

And no warner (from evil)":


But now hath come

Unto you a bringer

Of glad tidings

And a warner (from evil).

And God hath power

Over all things.

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